4 News Briefs
MNA RNs and allies urge state to end jail health
services contract with MEnD 5 | Sparrow RNs win
new standard-setting contract 6 | RNs urge OSHA
to issue permanent Covid-19 standard 7 | Huge
win for Chicago nurses 8 | Nurses say implement
Covid-19 task force recommendations 9 | Nurses
urge federal government to address hospital staffing
crisis 10 | RNs call on FTC to investigate hospital
contracts 11 | New state law tackles implicit bias
in nursing education 12 | Victory for Chinese
Hospital nurses 13 | Kaiser nurses condemn
patient-dumping scheme 14 | West Covina
and Covina nurses ratify new contracts; Northern
California Kaiser RNs hold one-day sympathy
strike; North Carolina nurses hold action to
demand safe staffing.
15 Timeless commitment
RNs will never stop fighting, every day, every year
for a society based on care.
By Bonnie Castillo, RN
16
Care at the Core
At NNU's 2021 convention, Scope of Solidarity,
nurses reimagined a society based on human
need.
By Kari Jones
19 Doing Justice
NNU launches new Division of Social Justice and
Equity.
By Kari Jones
22 Leaders of the PAC
How NNU nurses flex their power nationally.
24 2021 Editorial Index
Our annual compilation of all the stories we
published throughout the year, grouped by topic.
Contents
ON THE COVER: Registered nurses from HCA's
Regional Medical Center in San Jose, Calif. pick-
eted in October to demand the hospital staff up
for safe care and adhere to California's RN-
patient ratio laws.
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