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By Michelle AmberBureau of National Affairs PHOENIX—The first national union of direct care registered nurses became a reality Dec. 7 as delegates to the founding convention of National Nurses United… Read more »

By Iain WoessnerArizona Capital Times PHOENIX – Hospital care suffers because overworked nurses are assigned too many patients and are unable to voice their concerns out of fear of reprisals… Read more »

By Peggy McDaniel, BSN, RNOff the Charts – AJN Blog Yesterday a new and powerful union was formed. The National Nurses United brings over 150,000 nurses together by combining the… Read more »

PHOENIX – Following impassioned speeches by Stewart Acuff, special assistant to AFL-CIO president Rich Trumka, and Linda Silas, president of the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions, Monday morning’s business meeting… Read more »

By Stephanie Smith, CNN Medical Producer December 8, 2009 4:18 p.m. EST Damaged lung tissue is seen as light gray and healthy lung tissue is seen as dark gray in… Read more »

By Lindsay BeyersteinFrom Working in These Times: News and Commentary on Worker’s Struggles Nurses have been called the new face of organized labor. Like an increasing percentage of the rest… Read more »

By Victoria ColliverSan Francisco Chronicle Nurses from three unions, including the powerful California Nurses Association, have founded a new national union to influence national health care policies and try to… Read more »

Largest U.S. RN Union Ever to Promote Safer Care, RN Rights, AFL-CIO President to Keynote First Convention in Phoenix The day has come. Eight months in the planning, delegates from… Read more »

Twenty-two delegates from the Massachusetts Nurses Association are in Phoenix this week for the founding convention of National Nurses United, the new national voice for nurses. After much deliberation of… Read more »