4 News Briefs
Nurses win historic OSHA emergency temporary
standard on Covid-19 5 | NC nurses ratify first
contract 6 | Chicago RNs ratify new contract
7 | Chinese Hospital RNs hold one-day strike
8 | USC nurses hold two-day strike 9 | RNs at
18 HCA facilities approve new contracts 10 |
Chicago nurses strike 11 | Dignity Health nurses
ratify master contract; Manteca RNs vote to
unionize 12 | Michigan hospital techs and
RNs triumph 13 | The truth about the Twin Cities'
health care bed shortage 14 | Tucson RNs speak out
against unsafe staffing; Lancaster RNs win contract
after hard fight; Chico RNs ratify new pact;
Monterey County RNs join CNA; nurses across
Southern California celebrate new contracts; Maine
Med RNs urge keeping Covid protections; Vegas
RNs picket for safe staffing
15 In It Together
RNs know that to end Covid, we must act together
and for one another.
By Bonnie Castillo, RN
16 Quality Control
Kaiser nurses collaborate on workplace violence
prevention projects.
By Chuleenan Svetvilas
20 RNs hold national
day of action
22 In Memoriam
Honoring our NNU RN members who've
fallen on the front lines of Covid-19
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ON THE COVER: Veterans Health Administration
RNs working at the Bronx VA sticker up during a
July 21 national day of action to put patients first
during Covid and beyond.
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