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4 News Briefs
HCA RNs ready for 2015 bargaining 5 | Northern
Massachusetts RNs fight on for reopening full-
service hospital 6 | RNs call on EPA to toughen
pollution standards 7 | Conversations with Kay
8 | Nurses show solidarity on United Steelworkers
strike lines 9 | Minnesota RNs hold lobby day
10 | California hospitals settle contracts; Florida
RNs host job fair to fill hospital vacancies; nurses
help turn tide in Chicago elections, also win back
wages for colleagues; RNs join in commemoration
of historic Selma voting rights march; NNU donates
to frontline group fighting Ebola
11 Using Our Power
It's critical that nurses vote, and vote nurses' values.
By RoseAnn DeMoro
12 On the Wrong Track
RNs are opposing the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a
secret free trade deal that enriches corporations at
the expense of global health.
A Staff Report
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M A R C H 2 0 1 5 W W W . N A T I O N A L N U R S E S U N I T E D . O R G N A T I O N A L N U R S E 3
ON THE COVER: National Nurses United RN
leaders from around the country oppose secret
talks to establish a Trans-Pacific Partnership free
trade agreement that would undermine global
health and safety standards and systems. Here,
RNs brave the snow to protest in Washington, D.C.
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