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- Jul 20 Hospital's heavy lifting lightens load on nurses Nurses, nursing aides and orderlies have borne the weight of the nation's obesity epidemic and... (USA TODAY)
- Jul 12 Health care repeal effort: Worth the time? (Video) The Republican repeal effort has taken up at least 80 hours on the House floor,... (CBS)
- Jul 06 When It’s the Nurse Who Needs Looking After Recent research reveals that when nurses suffer, so do their patients… (New York Times Blog)
- Jul 08 Statement of AFSCME Pres. McEntee on the June Jobs Report
- Jul 07 “A Healthy Economy Is the Best Deficit Reduction Strategy” Statement of AFSCME President Gerald W. McEntee on debt ceiling negotiations (Press Release)
- Jun 03 Ordinary workers took extraordinary stand, made history Memphis sanitation strike an important turning point in the fight for civil rights, workplace equality... (Memphis Commercial Appeal)
- Apr 28 Workers Memorial Day Statement of AFSCME President Gerald W. McEntee on Workers Memorial Day (Press Release)
- Apr 12 Countering the Siege AFSCME President McEntee on how attacks on public service workers have energized union members and... (New York Times)
- Apr 12 Federal budget cuts hit health, labor, education hardest More than half of $38 billion in spending cuts hit education, labor and health programs.... (Dispatch Politics)
- May 13 Pesticides Risky for Healthcare Workers Healthcare workers are at risk from the chemicals widely used in hospitals and other facilities... (MedPage Today)
- Sep 07 Federal Dollars Provided to Health Centers Almost $69 million in federal stimulus money has been pumped into Florida’s community health centers... (Nurse.com)
- Aug 19 One Million Workers Got Seasonal Flu Shots The number of U.S. hospital workers vaccinated against seasonal flu during the last fall/winter flu... (UPI)
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- Mar 07 Shutdown of New Jersey Centers Likely to Upset Lives of Most Vulnerable AFSCME is leading an active coalition to keep the Woodbridge and North Jersey developmental centers... (Blog)
- Dec 04 Florida Privatization Scheme Illegal, Judge Rules Decision: State illegally bypassed Legislature to implement Gov. Rick Scott’s scheme. (Blog)
- Aug 23 Wisconsin Private Health Care Workers Vote to Unionize with AFSCME Council 40 boosts membership by nearly 300 following last week’s vote. (Blog)
- Aug 22 Safety First Following California Hospital Workers’ Win Only after an attack on an employee does state acknowledge problem with safety device’s roll-out.... (Blog)
- Jul 11 AFSCME Member Action Saves Florida’s Jackson Hospital Rapid mobilization spiked a hasty attempt to privatize the entire Miami-Dade Jackson Health System. (Blog)
- May 07 Honor Nurses by Supporting Nurse-Patient Staffing Bill National Nurses Week is a time to honor nurses by helping them. (Blog)
- Jul 29 Coalition of Workers, Religious Leaders, Demand Fiscal Accountability of N.M. Hospital Executives Christus St. Vincent fails to disclose how money intended for indigent care is being spent.... (Blog)
- Jun 01 The Main Street Movement Fights over budgets, pensions and public services are really a battle for the American Dream. (AFSCME Works Magazine)
- May 18 AFSCME Members Beat Privatization in Pennsylvania Northampton County voters overwhelmingly reject a ballot measure to privatize Gracedale nursing home. (Blog)
- May 03 AFSCME Nurses in DC this Week to Fight for Medicaid, Medicare National Nurses Congress attendees will attend workshops, hear speakers and meet with members of Congress.... (Blog)
- Apr 08 Is There a Doctor in the House (of Labor)? Yes, More than Ever! For the second time this year, doctors in California have voted to join the Union... (Blog)
- Apr 07 Florida Legislature Pulls Plug on Privatization of Northeast Florida State Hospital One of the many dangerous proposals in Gov. Rick Scott's budget is now off the... (Blog)
