4 News Briefs
Massachusetts RNs push to expand ratios to all
units 5 | Nina Pham speaks about Ebola experience
at Massachusetts convention 6 | Minnesota RNs
challenge Big Pharma; Minnesota beefs up
infectious disease protection and training 7 | RNs
approve social, racial, economic justice resolutions
at 2015 convention 8 | Marin RNs strike for
staffing, fair contract 9 | Conversations with Kay
10 | Contra Costa County RNs settle contract; RNs
in Florida and Texas protest understaffing; Iowa
RNs hold first-ever summit; Ohio RNs learn labor
history and march on hospital
11 Unfinished Work
NNU RNs work to secure voting rights for all.
By RoseAnn DeMoro
12 Connect the Dots
The Women's Global Health Leadership program
helps RNs better understand the structural
inequalities shaping public health.
By Kari Jones
14 Ms. Almada Goes
to Washington
Allysha Almada, an RN fired for organizing her
hospital, journeys to Washington, D.C. to speak for
nurses and workers' rights.
By Martha Wallner
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ON THE COVER: Jana Siu, an RN who has done
relief work around the world, recently completed
National Nurses United's Women's Global Health
Leadership Program in order to gain a deeper
understanding of the global forces and financial
institutions that influence public health. Here, Siu
plays with a baby while family members received
child nutrition education and received government
subsidized food rations near Jhabua, Madyha
Pradesh, India in October 2010.
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