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Nurses step up opposition to Keystone XL pipeline
5 | Baystate nurses win new contract 6 | Minnesota
ER and urgent care RNs unionize 7 | Conversations
with Kay 8 | Sutter Health RNs win restraining
order against employer. 9 | NNU executive director
named to another industry "most powerful" list;
Las Vegas RNs protest hospital layoffs; Cincinnati
Veterans Affairs RN wins award; District of
Columbia RNs call for emergency implementation
of safe staffing ratios
10 R.N., the Man Who
Saved a Million Lives
Celebrating Ralph Nader's lifetime of advocacy for
working people and consumers.
By RoseAnn DeMoro
12 Domino Effect
In the wake of the Affordable Care Act, single-payer
advocates play a state-by-state strategy to win
Medicare for All.
By Donna Smith
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ON THE COVER: Las Vegas-area RNs
held a candlelight vigil on Feb. 4 to
protest St. Rose Dominican Hospitals'
move to lay off experienced nurses.
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