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- Jul 20 Hospital's heavy lifting lightens load on nurses USA TODAY Nurses, nursing aides and orderlies have borne the weight of the nation's obesity epidemic and suffered the consequences.
- Jul 12 Health care repeal effort: Worth the time? (Video) CBS The Republican repeal effort has taken up at least 80 hours on the House floor, costing taxpayers around $50 million...
- Jul 06 When It’s the Nurse Who Needs Looking After New York Times Blog Recent research reveals that when nurses suffer, so do their patients…
- Jul 08 Statement of AFSCME Pres. McEntee on the June Jobs Report Press Release
- Jul 07 “A Healthy Economy Is the Best Deficit Reduction Strategy” Press Release Statement of AFSCME President Gerald W. McEntee on debt ceiling negotiations
- Jun 03 Ordinary workers took extraordinary stand, made history Hilda L. Solis, Secretary of Labor, Memphis Commercial Appeal Memphis sanitation strike an important turning point in the fight for civil rights, workplace equality
- Apr 28 Workers Memorial Day Press Release Statement of AFSCME President Gerald W. McEntee on Workers Memorial Day
- Apr 12 Countering the Siege New York Times AFSCME President McEntee on how attacks on public service workers have energized union members and our allies in a growing battle over workers’ rights.
- Apr 12 Federal budget cuts hit health, labor, education hardest PHILIP RUCKER, Dispatch Politics More than half of $38 billion in spending cuts hit education, labor and health programs.
- May 13 Pesticides Risky for Healthcare Workers MedPage Today Healthcare workers are at risk from the chemicals widely used in hospitals and other facilities to prevent microbial colonization and infections, the CDC said.
- Sep 07 Federal Dollars Provided to Health Centers Nurse.com Almost $69 million in federal stimulus money has been pumped into Florida’s community health centers so far this year, according to the Health News Florida Web site.
- Aug 19 One Million Workers Got Seasonal Flu Shots UPI The number of U.S. hospital workers vaccinated against seasonal flu during the last fall/winter flu season increased by 14 percent, a non-profit says.
