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Waiting Game. Cancer didn���t wait for Maurelle Wyeth to turn 65, so why does Medicare? March p. 11. Labor of Love. Nearing 98, Harry Kelber is still pushing the labor movement to do better and ful���ll its potential. April/May p. 18. PUBLIC HEALTH NNU RNs and health advocacy groups rally in Washington, D.C. at ���We can end AIDS��� march. July/August p. 12. What Makes Me Proud. Public health RN Laarni San Juan explains her role in nursing, particularly as a Filipina American. September p. 11. Rotten to the Core. Oral health is a key factor in overall health, yet our system is set up so that more Americans suffer from lack of dental care than even medical care���leading to pain, unemployment, and even death. September p. 14. All Fracked Up. How the gas industry wants to gag RNs and conceal fracking���s dangers to public health. October p. 11. R RATIOS See Staf���ng RETIREES Life After Work. Activist nurses never retire, they just have more time to volunteer. January/February p. 16. S SINGLE-PAYER HEALTHCARE See Healthcare Reform STAFFING Minnesota RNs launch major campaign for ratio law. January/February p. 4. Michigan RNs introduce ratio bill. January/February p. 7. SEIU local teams up with hospital industry to attack California���s ratio law. June p. 4. Texas RNs successfully secure a sponsor for safe staffing ratios legislation. September p. 12. At statewide Florida conference, RNs agree to sponsor ratios and safe lift bill. November p. 7. Safety in Numbers. A special package of stories focusing on the safe staf���ng law in California, efforts to pass ratios in other states, nationally, and around the world, and what the latest studies say. November p. 10. Ratios Around the World. Nurses everywhere understand minimum staf���ng ratios are a critical safety standards. November p. 11. Gimme a Break! Hospitals target meal and rest periods as a way to undermine the ratios. November p. 13. DECEMBER 2012 State of the Union. RNs across the country are working to win ratios. November p. 14 Ratios take time, but are worth it. A timeline showing the history of California���s ratios law. November p. 14. Nurses v. Schwarzenegger. How RNs fought the governor���s assault on ratios, and won. November p. 16. Talk is cheap, write it down! The ADO is a powerful tool to ���x staf���ng. November p. 18. Studies show ratios not only save lives, but save money. November p. 19. If you build it, they will come. A look at the ratios��� effect on California���s RN workforce. November p. 21. STRIKES See Bargaining V VETERANS AFFAIRS NNU-VA wins major national grievance over comp time and continues bargaining over master contract. January/February p. 8. VA nurses ���ght directive allowing unlicensed personnel to give medications. March p. 7. VA nurses in Buffalo, N.Y. win important grievance on mandatory overtime. April/May p. 10. VA nurses continue to win mandatory overtime grievances and receive training about how to improve workplace conditions despite federal limits on collective bargaining. June p. 10. Raising the bar for all VA RNs with new master contract. July/August p. 9. Manhattan VA RNs win ���ght over uniform allowances, and Buffalo VA nurses get more staffing through creative mandatory overtime grievance. July/August p. 12. In their ���rst-ever direct action, Manhattan VA nurses ���yer public with concerns about working conditions and patient safety. October p. 9. W WORKPLACE ISSUES Lost Generation. Entire classes of nursing graduates are unable to ���nd work because the hospital industry is unwilling to invest in new hires. What troubles does this bode for the profession? January/February p. 10. PASNAP sponsors CE and legislation to address workplace violence. March p. 8. Filipino nurses settle a $975,000 suit over harassment and intimidation by the hospital to speak only English. September p. 12. Massachusetts ban against formed overtime takes effect. November p. 5. Minnesota RNs oppose uniform policy. November p. 6. 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 AT I O N A L N U R S E 19