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News Briefs
NNU RNs staff Occupy first aid stations 5 | Safe lift
law passed in California; South Florida RNs win
election 6 | Massachusetts RNs hold convention,
help occupy Boston 7 | University of Michigan RNs
win new contract 8 | Maine Coast RNs ratify new
contract; Pennsylvania nurses help introduce state
ratio bill; Texas RNs protest sick leave policy;
Veterans Affairs nurses visit Occupy Pittsburgh
Nurses to the Rescue
RNs have a plan to heal America, tax Wall Street.
By RoseAnn DeMoro
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Strong Medicine
NNU is joining with nurses around the world to
jumpstart a global movement for a Wall Street tax.
Substandard Care
Despite being valued and essential members of the
American RN workforce, Filipino nurses must still
often challenge and overcome bias and
discrimination. By Momo Chang
National Nurses United RN
leaders with Oxfam International ambassador
and actor Bill Nighy in Cannes, France on Nov. 3
to call for a global financial transaction tax. Photo
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