4 Shift Change
A special message from Bonnie Castillo, RN and
new executive director of NNU and CNA/NNOC.
By Bonnie Castillo
6 News Briefs
NLRB, courts finds in favor of Minnesota nurses on
union rights case 7 | Nurses warn Janus decision
would hurt workers, patient care 8 | New agree -
ment reached covering 19,000 Kaiser RNs and NPs
9 | NNU sponsors federal workplace violence
prevention bill; NNU criticizes questionable new
Health and Human Services division 10 | San
Bernardino nurses score big contract victory
11 | UC nurses picket for a fair contract; RNs cohost
Florida anti-fracking rally; NNU RNs support
Maryland single-payer bill
12 A Heartfelt Goodbye
I am moving on, but still fighting with you.
By RoseAnn DeMoro
14 Great Leaders Never Retire,
They Just Go "On Call"
After 32 years building the nation's most powerful,
dynamic, and influential nursing union, RoseAnn
DeMoro is passing the baton to the next generation
of nurse leaders.
By Charles Idelson
20 Champion of Nurses
Kay McVay, RN and president emeritus of the
California Nurses Association, dies at age 84 but
lives on in the work of the union.
By Lucia Hwang
24 Wake-up Call
Advice nurses who work at Kaiser Permanente's
call centers struggle to keep their patients safe
despite onerous working conditions and Kaiser's
prioritization of profits over patients. Does their
experience portend the future of American
healthcare?
By Lucia Hwang
Contents
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ON THE COVER: RoseAnn DeMoro (left) and Kay
McVay, RN are two women who revitalized the
modern registered nurse movement for union
rights, patient advocacy, and social, racial,
healthcare, and environmental justice. DeMoro
retired in early March, and Kay McVay passed
away at age 84 in late February.
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