4 News Briefs
New York City nurses are ready to bargain
5 | Upper Peninsula nurses unite against cuts by
Aspirus; Unity nurses testify against chemical
dependency unit closure 6 | Texas nurses at
St. Joseph Health vote to join NNOC/NNU
7 | New Orleans nurses strike as new report shows
high cost of care in their city 8 | Tenet nurses
at six hospitals across California held one-day
strikes 9 | USC nurses go on strike 10 | NNU
condemns the exclusion of nurses from graduate
professional degree loans; Sutter Davis nurses
approve their first contract 11 | DC nurses busy
organizing and bargaining; Houlton nurses strike
for safe staffing 12 | UC nurses ratify new four-year
contract 13 | California nurses celebrate passage of
Proposition 50; Florida nurses rally for a fair
contract; Cook County nurses ratify two-year
contract extension.
14 Communicating Wins
Here's how some PPCs get the word out about union
victories.
By Chuleenan Svetvilas
16
Holding the Vision
On the cusp of a new year, it's time to fight harder
than ever to advance the health future nurses know
is possible.
By Puneet Maharaj
17 Making Sense of
MAHA's Agenda
Ever wonder why RFK, Jr. and the Make America
Healthy Again movement believe what they
do and who benefits? Hint: Follow the money.
By Lucia Hwang and Jane Thomason
21 2025 Editorial Index
The year 2025 is finally over. Check out our handy
index of everything we published in 2025, sorted
by subject, to find out all the news we covered
or the article you're searching for.
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ON THE COVER: On Dec. 3, National Nurses
United RNs, allies, and elected officials, including
Sen. Bernie Sanders and Reps. Pramila Jayapal
and Ro Khanna, turned out in Washington, D.C.
to protest the Republican-controlled Congress'
unwillingness to fix the disastrous health care
cuts and price hikes created by H.R. 1, which cut
$1 trillion from Medicaid to fund billionaire tax
breaks. Photo by Alyssa Schukar for National
Nurses United.
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