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National Nurse Magazine October 2012

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1 1 5 Contents 4 10 News Briefs El Paso RNs unionize 5 | Baystate RNs in Massachusetts strike 6 | Robin Hood Tax supporters confront legislators 8 | Michigan RNs enjoy growing political power 9 | RNs crash Sutter fundraising gala; Mills-Peninsula RNs settle contract; Kids demand that Kaiser ���Treat them, not trick them��� in costumed protest; Manhattan VA RNs go public with staffing and equipment concerns 6 National Security Threat The real danger to Americans is the Wall Street attack on our Social Security system. By RoseAnn DeMoro 11 O C TO B E R 2 0 1 2 All Fracked Up Toxic chemicals used in natural gas fracking are quickly poisoning many communities across America. How nurses can and must ���ght back against the energy companies that want to keep us in the dark about this practice. By Lucia Hwang 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 Rural Pennsylvania resident Tammy Manning at an antifracking event with her granddaughter. The Manning family can no longer use their water well because it is contaminated with methane, and they believe nearby gas fracking operations are responsible. Photo by Jacques-Jean Tiziou | jjtiziou.net ON THE COVER: N AT I O N A L N U R S E 3

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