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Clockwise from top left across all pages: NNU RN
delegates vote at convention; Reyin Jenkins helps
celebrate Medicare's 50th birthday and to protect,
improve, and expand program; Kaiser Permanente
Los Angeles Medical Center RNs rejoice after their
victorious vote to unionize; Kaiser nurses picket
headquarters during their bargaining fight; Provi-
dence RNs in Torrance, Calif. on strike; RN Allysha
Almada, who was fired for organizing activities,
shares her story at a worker summit in Washing-
ton, D.C.; NP Joanna Josue provides clinic care on
a U.S. military humanitarian mission as a Regis-
tered Nurse Response Network volunteer.