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Unions, not manufacturing, key to economic revival

Suddenly, manufacturing is back - at least on the campaign trail. But don't be fooled. The real issue isn't how to get manufacturing back. It's how to get good jobs and good wages back. They aren't at all the same thing. Republicans have become born-again champions of American manufacturing, especially given crucial primaries occurring this week in Michigan and next week in Ohio.

SFGate

February 27, 2012

Editorial: 'Right to work' is wrong for state

Minnesota governors can't veto proposed constitutional amendments. But governors have bully pulpits. DFL Gov. Mark Dayton used his during last week's State of the State address to take a swipe at a bad idea that some GOP legislators want to add to the Constitution -- a ban on labor contracts that require all workers employed under the terms of the contract to pay a share of union costs.

StarTribune

February 24, 2012

NNU RNs support victorious Republic Windows union employees

NNU RNs support victorious Republic Windows union employees who called off their occupation of their workplace early today after its owner said it will keep the factory operating for 90 days while the union and management look for a buyer.

NNU News

February 24, 2012

Nurses Fight for a Dose of Tax Justice

Before there was Occupy, thousands of nurses were already taking on Wall Street to demand a financial transaction tax.

YES! Magazine

February 22, 2012

John Nichols Talks to CNA/NNU About His New Book, Uprising

Photos from the event held at California Nurses Association’s office on Tuesday night. John Nichols – author of Uprising – spoke about how the Wisconsin movement began and how the people continue the fight today. He give props to nurses for bringing more energy to the efforts by demanding no concessions.

NNU News

February 22, 2012

RN Jean Ross on Solidarity with Britain’s Nurses on Nurse Talk Radio, Feb. 18-19, 2012

Updates on recent U.S. rallies organized by nurses to support their counterparts in Great Britain.

Nurse Talk Radio

February 17, 2012

Saint John’s Nurses To Picket Thursday

On Thursday, from 8 to 11 a.m., Saint John’s Hospital nurses will hold an informational picket on Santa Monica Boulevard between 23rd and 20th Streets.

Santa Monica Dispatch

February 14, 2012

Nurses flex their political muscle in Sacramento and across California

Rose Ann DeMoro is always ready for another fight. And why not? During the past decade, the leader of the California Nurses Association has won so many of her battles.

Sacramento Bee

February 6, 2012

Nation Recognizes Nuclear Test Downwinders

Today (Jan. 27) is the first annual National Downwinders Day. Downwinders are the folks in western states who were affected by radiation exposure from nuclear test sites in Nevada. Last year the U-S Senate voted unanimously to honor downwinders with a special day of recognition.

KPBS

January 27, 2012

How US private insurance healthcare is failing

Chances are you've probably never heard of Amelia Rivera, a three year-old from New Jersey. Chances are better you have heard of 29-year-old Canadian, Sarah Burke, one of the best freestyle skiers in the world. Burke and Rivera don't have a lot in common, but tragically, their families do. Both have been borne the scars of a callous and broken US healthcare system...

Commentary by Rose Ann DeMoro in The Guardian (UK)

January 26, 2012