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News Briefs
Michigan RNs endorse pro-nurse candidate for
governor 5 | Minnesota nurses settle contract,
continue to fight for patient safety 6 | A Michigan
RN runs for state office 7 | Governor signs
workplace-violence bill; State labor board cites
Cambridge Health Alliance for bad faith bargaining
8 | RNs protest Whitman at home 9 | NLRB files
complaint against Borgess Medical Center in
Michigan 10 | California bill would extend healthcare to all; Florida RNs push ratios at local level;
Ohio RNs want hospital disclosure of ratios;
Texas RNs deep in bargaining
Making History, Again
On the 90th anniversary of the women's vote, RNs
continue the fight started by nurse suffragists before
them. By Rose Ann DeMoro
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The Great Social Security
and Medicare Robbery
Congress is conspiring to cut benefits for future
generations of seniors. Nurses are fighting back.
By Carl Bloice
More than 1,000 RNs protested
California billionaire gubernatorial candidate
Meg Whitman's campaign policies in front of
her home July 15.
ON THE COVER:
JUNE 2010
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