4 News Briefs
Michigan legislators, RNs call for safe staffing limits
5 | Mount Sinai RNs blaze trail to better staffing
enforcement 6 | RNs fight to hold corporate
hospital executives accountable to patients,
workers, communities 7 | RNs commemorate
Nurses Week with federal lobbying blitz; Concord
health RNs strike for first time, seeking fair contract
8 | VA nurses sign new three-year contract;
Medicare for All and paid family and medical leave
bills introduced 9 | Maine's safe staffing bill moves
forward 10 | St. Rose Hospital RNs ratify new
contract; Hazel Hawkins nurses fight to save their
hospital; PIH Good Sam RNs approve new
agreement; George Washington University Hospital
nurses persevere in unionizing drive.
11 The Heat is On
Temps are rising this summer, and so are U.S. union
nurses.
By Bonnie Castillo, RN
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Three Affirmations for
Today's Union Nurse
Three affirmations all nurses must hear
to stay true to themselves and the profession.
By Michelle Morris
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ON THE COVER: New York State Nurses Associ-
ation RNs in New York City went on strike this
January to secure safe staffing ratios in their
collective bargaining agreements. In spring,
nurses at Mount Sinai Hospital won unprece-
dented enforcement of their new contract's
staffing standards.
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