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Press Release: New Study Shows Dramatic Revenue Potential from a Wall Street Tax

Media Contact: Charles Idelson, 510-273-2246 or Carl Ginsburg, 917-405-1060. For Profs. Pollin or Heintz, contact Debbie Zeidenberg, at PERI, dzeiden@peri.umass.edu or 413.577.3147

From National Nurses United:

A robust tax on Wall Street transactions would raise far more revenue – as much as 17 times as much – than more limited proposals, even accounting for the worst case scenarios of reduced trading as a result of a tax.
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January 9, 2012

Upcoming MNA Event: Building a Health Care System Based on Nursing Values, Part 2

Also, here’s a Video Recap of Part 1:

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January 5, 2012

MNA RNs – Building a Better Health Care System

Hear from MNA RNs who are learning/sharing how ALL of us can work together to improve health care in this country.
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December 29, 2011

Video: America’s Most Wanted Host John Walsh on Main St. vs. Wall St.

We love this thoughtful, passionate and well-reasoned viewpoint from well-known America’s Most Wanted Host John Walsh on Main Street versus Wall Street:

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December 21, 2011

Urgent: Scope of Practice Alert for Nurses

Imagine how drastically your nursing practice would change for the worse if your patients’ caregivers or family members were allowed to give them medications in the hospital? That is just one of many recent changes proposed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid as conditions of participation.

December 20, 2011

Fairview Southdale RNs Stand Strong For Patient Safety, Safe Staffing Levels

The nurses were outstanding and spent two hours in each of the first two sessions and just over an hour in the third telling management that there are systems issues that need fixing, that they are needing to do more and more as other departments get cut, that they are no longer able to say they are proud of the care they are able to give, etc.

December 20, 2011

Support Sugar Workers

The American Crystal Sugar workers have been locked out since August. In solidarity, the MNA Board of Directors is encouraging all members to boycott American Crystal Sugar products until a settlement is reached.
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December 16, 2011

December 1, 2011

Nurses Rock OccupyMN

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VP Engeldorf talks of the horribile health consequences of economic injustice

At home, Nurses are ROCKING OccupyMN.

October 31, 2011

Virginia RNs Call for Charter Change; More Nurse Involvement

VRMC RNs voted overwhelmingly today to support the City of Virginia’s proposed charter change that would alter the terms of what is considered a sale of the city-owned hospital.