4 News Briefs
People's Rally celebrates, but also notes work
ahead 5 | California safety board adopts
groundbreaking CNA-sponsored workplace
violence regulations 6 | Allina nurses ratify
hard-fought contract 7 | New research exposes
Big Pharma's control of drug supply and prices
8 | Kindred Baldwin Park employees unionize
hospital wide 9 | Nurses at Alameda Hospital,
San Joaquin General Hospital, and San Leandro
Hospital ratify new contracts; Central Coast RNs
celebrate defeat of oil trains in San Luis Obispo;
last St. Vincent RNs join the bargaining unit;
Down East Community Hospital RNs in Maine
settle new contract
10 Attack Mode
The assault on regulatory public protections
accelerates.
By RoseAnn DeMoro
12 The Bookish Type
Feel smarter! Our annual book review issue covers
the latest releases relevant to nurses on topics
ranging from ADHD to cannabis to fracking.
18 Amid Tribal Pipeline Fight,
Internal AFL-CIO Letter
Exposes "Very Real Split"
The fight within labor over building the Dakota
Access Pipeline (DAPL) exposes major divisions
in thinking about climate justice and worker
solidarity in the face of the fossil fuel industry.
By Jon Queally
Contents
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ON THE COVER: From left) Registered Nurse
Response Network (RNRN) RN volunteers
Amy Bowen, Rachel Gitas, Dotty Nygard, and
Ann McKenzie helped provide first aid to Dakota
Access Pipeline protestors at Standing Rock.
Photo by Kari Jones.
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