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News Briefs
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Bargaining for America
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Fight of Our Lives
Massachusetts RNs prepare for strikes in May
5 | Michigan nurses rally against governor's
cuts 6 | Hibbing, Minn. RNs near contract
settlement 7 | California hospitals get yet another
extension of seismic upgrade deadline 8 | Education
is key at Maine RN conference 9 | Florida Medical
Center RNs unionize 10 | Sutter contracts settled
at two hospitals; Florida nurses pay governor
a surprise visit about ratios; Chicago RNs fight
multiple fronts to save Cook County health services;
VA nurses ready for summer bargaining.
NNU nurses have contracts that improve our lives,
but most Americans don't and are suffering greatly.
How can nurses help them win a "Main Street"
contract to restore the American dream?
A Staff Report
APRIL 2011
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RNs are launching a Main Street contract campaign
for the rest of us. By Rose Ann DeMoro
With its Main Street contract
campaign, RNs aim to guide the country in
a new direction favoring working Americans,
not corporations and the wealthy. Photo by
cglade | istockphoto.com.
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