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Edit Index_FINAL copy 2/9/12 5:15 PM Page 20 IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII Editorial Index —[2011]— —[A]— Preoccupied. Registered nurse Doug Connor loves his country. That's why he's busy backing the Occupy movement and NNU's tax on Wall Street. December p. 10. AWARDS NNU leader named among most influential in healthcare. September IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII p. 9. —[B]— Nurses win top honesty and ethics honors, again. December p. 5. ADVOCACY DC nurses strike for patient safety, fair contract. March p. 4. RNs with Chicago's Cook County Health and Hospital Systems are fighting for patient services. April p. 10. Massachusetts nurse leaders arrested defending workers' rights. July/August p. 6. Wave of Protest. A Wisconsin union-busting bill has finally motivated working people in America to fight back, and NNU nurses are standing right alongside them. March p. 10. Tell Us Where it Hurts. To win a better life for all Americans, we nurses need to start talking about what's happening in our homes, in our workplace, and in our neighborhoods. March p. 12. NNU nurses go to Washington. At the top of the nurses' agenda was discussion and education about the Main Street Contract for the American People. June p. 4. Support grows for seven fired nurses of Valley Regional Medical Center in Brownsville. June p. 8. Florida RNs at Hospital Corporation of America held events in effort to improve patient care standards. July/August p. 8. Texas nurse leaders meet to discuss how to take the Main Street Contract campaign deeper into their communities. July/August p. 8. Nurses hold record number of actions calling for tax on Wall Street. September p. 4. NNU nurses take risks to give first aid at national Occupy sites. October p. 4. N AT I O N A L N U R S E Wilkes-Barre nurses strike for patients, respect. January/February p. 6. Despite recession, Kaiser RNs win stellar contract. January/February p. 7. DC nurses strike for patient safety, fair contract. March p. 4. Massachusetts RNs authorize strikes, step up fight for safe staffing. April p. 4. Minnesota RNs in Hibbing pull strike notice after marathon bargaining. April p. 6. RNs at Sutter Health in Roseville and Auburn have voted to ratify new three-year agreements. April p. 10. Children's Hospital RNs strike to defend healthcare options. May p. 8. University of California RNs win new contract. May p. 9. DC nurses win new contract. May p. 9. University of Chicago RNs defeat concessions, win improvements in new contract. June p. 6. RNs at University of Southern California University Hospital ratified a new three-year contract. June p. 6. Wyoming Valley Nurses Association/PASNAP members voted to ratify their new contract. June p. 8. Sutter, a Wall Street corporate hospital, declares war on RNs. July/August p. 7. University of Michigan nurses rally for a contract to protect their patients. September p. 7. California nurses jolt hospitals with massive, unprecedented strike. September p. 8. Massachusetts RNs hold convention, help Occupy Boston. October p. 6. Nurses at Cypress Medical Center speak out about hospital's punitive attendance policy. October p. 8. NNU nurses support striking British workers. November p. 4. Ohio RNs have been busy promoting NNU's call for a tax on Wall Street, defending union rights, and supporting the Occupy movement. November p. 8. 20 BARGAINING Nurses at Oak Hill and Fawcett Memorial Hospital staged informational pickets for staffing and patient care. September p. 10. RNs approve a contract with Sanford Bemidji Hospital. September p. 10. Texas RNs met with negotiators for the Texas HCA-affiliated hospitals, making progress towards their first union contract. September p. 10. University of Michigan RNs win new contract. October p. 7. 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 DECEMBER 2011