4 News Briefs
Fort Walton Beach nurses vote to join union
5 | Michigan RNs and techs challenge private equity
to win new contracts 6 | New York City nurses
launch 2025 private-sector bargaining campaign
7 | Kaiser nurses protest statewide 8 | Essentia
nurses win first contracts 9 | RNs and allies speak
out at town halls across the nation 10 | Nurses
mobilize to oppose ICE presence in facilities
11 | Baltimore nurses hold historic strike and rally
against Ascension's hypocrisy 12 | Anaheim nurses
strike for safe staffing; New Orleans nurses strike
again 13 | Nurses at seven facilities in California
ratify new contracts; Florida RNs at three HSA
hospitals rally for patient safety; Kansas City nurses
protest closure of obstetrics and NICU services.
14 Knowledge Is Power
Rounding is key to getting and distributing
information.
By Chuleenan Svetvilas
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Nurses for the People
Our new executive director Puneet Maharaj reflects
on growing working-class power to meet this
critical moment.
By Puneet Maharaj
16 Visionary Leader
Tribute to Linda Hamilton, RN.
By Chuleenan Svetvilas
20 Many Fronts, One Fight
U.S. and international RNs join forces
at 2025 Global Nurses Solidarity Assembly.
By Kari Jones
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ON THE COVER: Registered nurse members of
National Nurses United turned out in massive
numbers to protest the Trump administration
during the nationwide No Kings protests on
Oct. 18, 2025. Here, Washington, D.C. nurses
show their support for immigrant patients, no
matter their legal status. Photo by Anne Strauss.
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