4 News Briefs
RNs at HCA-affiliated hospitals stage pickets
5 | New Minnesota report documents trend of
short staffing 6 | With new contract, Cook County
RNs set the bar higher; 11,000 VA nurses win new
contract 7 | Massachusetts nurses fight to win safe
patient limits 8 | Emanuel Medical Center RNs
win first contract; West Anaheim Medical Center
nurses celebrate first contract; Eastern Maine
Medical Center nurses seal new deal
9 Unshakable Solidarity
With federal right-to-work on the horizon, union
attacks are on the rise, but so is union power.
By Bonnie Castillo, RN
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Darkest before dawn
The attacks against workers don't stop with Janus.
So how can nurses use this crisis to grow the union
and emerge stronger?
13 Don't use it, you lose it
Feel your brain growing smarter with each page of
our 2018 book reviews.
Contents
J U LY | A U G U S T | S E P T E M B E R 2 0 1 8 W W W . N A T I O N A L N U R S E S U N I T E D . O R G N A T I O N A L N U R S E 3
ON THE COVER: (From left) Public-sector RNs
Crystal Robinson, Rolanda Watson-Clark, and
Joyce Robertson at a leadership meeting in July.
Photo: Rachel Berger
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