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News Briefs
Massachusetts RNs score huge staffing gains in new
contracts 5 | Southern California nurses win sweet
unionizing victory 6 | NNU supports federal bills
to create single-payer healthcare 7 | University
division RNs hold first national conference
8 | Children's Hospital RNs strike to defend
healthcare 9 | UC RNs win new contract;
DC nurses win new contract 10 | Fighting
to save San Leandro Hospital; Texas RNs meet
for bargaining and statewide conference; Nurses
at Manhattan VA stand up to bully managers.
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Stay connected with
National Nurses United
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Moving The Agenda
FACEBOOK:
NNU nurses are heroically fighting in the trenches
for patient care, and winning. By RoseAnn DeMoro
TWITTER:
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Tell Us Where it Hurts
Nurses need to start the conversation about how
the economic crisis has hurt our own households,
our patients, and our communities.
www.facebook.com/NationalNurses
@RNmagazine, @NationalNurses
YOUTUBE: www.youtube.com/NationalNursesUnited
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Squeezed to Death
Why are hospitals across the country so quick
to shut down their skilled nursing facilities when
patients need them more than ever?
By Heather Boerner
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