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Index 2006 1/9/07 3:08 PM Page 16 Editorial Index 2006 =O= ORGANIZING St. Vincent Medical Center RNs vote to stay affiliated with CNA/NNOC. January/February p. 6. Organizing Bears Fruit for Citrus Valley RNs. More than 700 RNs with Citrus Valley Medical Center vote to join. March p. 5. Citrus Valley Medical Center RNs win ruling overriding administration's objections to CNA/NNOC affiliation. June p. 9. RNs Rally for First Major Unionization. Nurses at Flagstaff Medical Center in Arizona rallied in support of joining CNA/NNOC. June p. 10. Landslide Yes Vote in Modesto. RNs with one of California's largest remaining nonunion hospitals votes to join CNA/NNOC. July p. 9. Flagstaff Medical Center RNs win a ruling to throw out the results of a narrowly-lost election. October p. 9. Fremont-Rideout RNs Vote to Join CNA/NNOC. October p. 11. RNs with USC University, remaining downtown L.A. hospital, unionize. December p. 4. Norris cancer center RNs vote to join CNA/NNOC. December p. 4. Community Hospital RNs organize. December p. 5. OUTSOURCING Out of Our Hands. The U.S. healthcare industry turns to outsourcing medical services overseas. January/February p. 14. =P= POLITICS Nursing Democracy. CNA launches initiative push for clean money elections. March p. 8. Nurses Turn in 620,000 Signatures to Qualify Campaign Finance Reform Measure. June p. 7. Legislative Update. Status of CNA/NNOCsponsored bills. June p. 8. 16 REGISTERED NURSE Prop. 89, the Clean Money Initiative, Makes the Ballot. CNA/NNOC's campaign finance reform measure qualifies for the November 2006 California ballot. July p. 6. Prop. 89 Picking up Steam, and Supporters. The campaign for the Clean Money initiative kicks off. August p. 8. CNA/NNOC Endorses Angelides. September p. 5. About Time for 89. Coverage of the Prop. 89 campaign. October p. 6. Letter From Maine. Two Maine legislators discuss how Clean Money elections has helped cut the influence of money and lobbyists in their state. October p. 7. Prop. 89 Propped Open the Door of Reform. A wrapup of the Prop. 89 campaign. November p. 4. PROFILES The Lifer. Malinda Markowitz, RN. January/February p. 19. A Different Kind of Angel. Leslie Hawkins, RN. March p. 20. Living History. Elizabeth Pataki, RN. April p. 18. Head Nurse. Deborah Burger, RN. June p. 16. It's Never Too Late. Phyllis Brown, RN. July p. 22. Never Stop Fighting. Greg Miller, RN. August p. 18. Picking the Right Fight. Allen Fitzpatrick, RN. October p. 22. Teaching By Example. Kathy Daniel, RN. November p. 14. CNA's Huli Retires, Progressive Movement Mourns. A profile of Giuliana Milanese, CNA/NNOC's community organizer, as she retires. December p. 12. PUBLIC HEALTH Behind the Redwood Curtain. Who cares for the rural poor in isolated Northern California? March p. 12. A Work in Progress. Must public health activists go begging for low-profit vaccines in a high-profit drug marketplace? April p. 12. The New Germ Warfare. How the misuse of antibiotics and hospital cost-cutting practices are breeding strains of superbacteria. August p. 10. W W W. C A L N U R S E S . O R G =R= RATIOS Judge Strikes Down Fake News Videos. A Sacramento court finds that the Schwarzenegger administration cannot spend public money making videos promoting controversial executive orders, such as the 2005 roll back of ratios. January/February p. 5. Major Step Forward for Safe Staffing in Illinois. Nurses in Illinois push for staffing ratio legislation. March p. 6. Ratios Get a Hearing in Illinois. July p. 7. RETIREES No Time to Rest. As a generation of RNs prepares to retire, they're needed now more than ever. How CNA/NNOC's new retiree division plans to keep them in the fight. December p. 8. =S= SINGLE-PAYER HEALTHCARE Universal Healthcare Gains Support in Washington, Sacramento. June p. 8. Nation Clamors for Universal Healthcare. Groups across the nation rally in support of HR 676, a federal single-payer healthcare bill. July p. 9. Nurses, Activists Push Governor to Sign His toric Bill Giving Healthcare to All Californians. Advocates rally for SB 840. September p. 6. Nurses in St. Louis, Mo. rally for universal healthcare. October p. 9. =U= UNINSURED An Age-Old Dilemma. At age 64, Luke Asbury is too old to qualify for or afford his own insurance, but isn't old enough to get Medicare. Is this what we want for our seniors, for ourselves? April p. 8. =V= VACCINES A Work in Progress. Must public health activists go begging for low-profit vaccines in a high-profit drug marketplace? April p. 12. DECEMBER 2006