4 News Briefs
Landslide union victory in Texas 5 | Florida nurses
vote to unionize 6 | Maine Med nurses win first-
ever union contract 7 | Michigan nurses score
contract and unionizing victories 8 | UC nurses
ratify new contract 9 | VA nurses protest across
the country 10 | 15,000 nurses in Minnesota
hold historic strike 12 | Public-sector health care
workers guaranteed breaks under new California
law 13 | Tenet nurses ratify new master contract
14 | Inglewood nurses celebrate new contract; San
Jose RNs approve new agreement; Hollister nurses
vote in favor of new pact; Kindred RNs approve new
contract; Sacramento County nurses ratify new
agreement; Reno RNs approve new contract
15 Getting Organized
Nurses are heartened that the rest of the country's
workers have started what we've been steadily doing
the past three decades: going union.
By Bonnie Castillo, RN
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Southern Revival
Nurses at Mission Hospital are leading the
way in North Carolina's growing labor
movement.
By Lucy Diavolo
18 Into the Mind
Learn what NNU nurses working in behavioral
health across the country during Covid have
observed, and how they are advocating for their
patients.
By Chuleenan Svetvilas
Contents
ON THE COVER: Nurses with Ascension Seton
Medical Center Austin in Texas celebrate in
September their overwhelming vote to unionize
with National Nurses Organizing Committee.
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