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O C T O B E R | N O V E M B E R | D E C 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 29 A ADVOCACY North Memorial RNs win three-year fight for union rights. January/February p. 6. Nurses warn Janus decision would hurt workers, patient care. January/February p. 7. NNU criticizes questionable new Health and Human Services division. January/February p. 9. 14,000 UC nurses walk out on sympathy strike. March/April p. 10. District of Columbia nurses advocate for full funding of school nurses. March/April p. 12. Nurses at United Medical Center in DC win $4 million in back pay. March/April p. 12. Nurses key to saving Long Beach hospital. RNs organized to push city to find new operator. May/June p. 7. Unnatural Causes. Nurses say Trump's policy of forcibly sepa- rating asylum-seeking parents from their children will cause physical and mental health problems now and down the road. May/June p. 12. Darkest before dawn. Janus set the stage for further attacks on all union workers, but nurses are determined to use this crisis to grow the union and emerge stronger than ever. July/August/September p. 10. Iowa nurses put patients first in wake of devasting tornado. October/November/December p. 7. Nurses make impact on Dignity, Catholic Health Initiative merger. October/November/December p. 8. Higher Calling. In speaking out to save Providence Hospital, Elissa Curry stretched her comfort zone to advocate for her patients beyond the bedside. October/November/December p. 16. B BARGAINING Kaiser RNs and NPs reach new master tentative agreement. January/February p. 8. San Bernardino nurses score big contract victory. January/February p. 10. University of California nurses hold informational pickets over bargaining demands of safe staffing, patient protections, security. January/February p. 11. San Mateo nurse settle great contract. March/April p. 6. Maine hospice nurses fighting to win first contract. March/April p. 8. 14,000 UC nurses walk out on sympathy strike. March/April p. 10. City of Hope nurses ratify new contract. March/April p. 12. Enloe Regional Medical Center RNs approve new contract. May/June p. 10. Shasta Regional Medical Center nurses win first contract. May/June p. 10. Nurses at HCA-affiliated hospitals stage nationwide pickets. RNs at 15 hospitals across five states united in bargaining. July/August/September p. 4. Chi-Town nurses set the bar for public union contract. July/August/September p. 6. VA nurses win new contract. July/August/September p. 6. Emanuel Medical Center RNs celebrate first contract. July/August/September p. 8. West Anaheim Medical Center nurses score first contract. July/August/September p. 8. Eastern Maine Medical Center nurses win new contract. July/August/September p. 8. Nurses at HCA-affiliated hospitals ratify contracts. Pacts cover 7,000 RNs in five states. October/November/December p. 4. University of California RNs settle major contract. Pact is one of largest, covering 14,000 nurses. October/November/ December p. 11. Alhambra RNs celebrate first contract. October/November/ December p. 14. Contra Costa County nurses approve new pact. October/ November/ December p. 14. Hi-Desert RNs win first contract. October/November/ December p. 14. San Joaquin RNs renew agreement. October/November/ December p. 14. BOOK REVIEWS Class War, USA: Dispatches from workers' struggles in American History. July/August/September p. 13. Democracy in Chains: The deep history of the Radical Right's stealth plan for America. July/August/September p. 14. The Good Doctors: The Medical Committee for Human Rights and the struggle for social justice in health care. July/August/September p. 16. The Language of Kindness: A Nurse's Story. July/August/September p. 17. Loaded: A disarming history of the Second Amendment. July/August/September p. 18. No Apparent Distress: A doctor's coming of age on the front lines of American medicine. July/August/September p. 18. What Patients Say, What Doctors Hear. July/August/September p. 19. Editorial Index 2018