Workers Rally Against Union Busting & Privatization at Veterans Administration SF VA Hospital

Trade unionists and veterans rallied on 8/15/25 at the SF VA to oppose the Trump government’s effort to destroy their unions and also privatize and contract out the VA. The speakers talked about the flagrant union busting of workers at the VA and that need to unite the labor movement against these attack. Veteran Ricardo Ortiz also called for the unions and workers to form a labor party so working people have their own party. He reported that the drive for privatization was also going on during both Democratic and Republican governments.

Speakers included:

NFFE national president Randy Erwin
Founding NFFE Local 1 president Patti La Sala, RN
Current NFFE Local 1 president Mark Smith, OTR/L
Committee of Interns & Residents/SEIU UCSF, Regional Vice President Dr. Marysol Encarnacion, MD
US Army Veteran, VA care-recipient, Veterans for Peace member, labor & community organizer Ricardo Ortiz
NFFE Local 1 chief steward, 82nd Airborne Veteran, John Kelley, RN
Executive Director, San Francisco Central Labor Council, Kim Tavaglione
San Francisco Richmond District Supervisor, Connie Chan
Veterans for Peace Chapter 69 President, Vietnam Veteran, Veterans Healthcare Policy Institute board member, Paul Cox

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