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HEALTH CARE
Health Cost Relief Only Temporary If health care spending isn’t brought in line with overall economic growth, Americans will eventually face agonizing choices between paying medical bills and funding other priorities such as education and infrastructure.
NURSING
Kansas City Nurses Reaffirm Commitment to NNU A spokeswoman for the National Nurses Organizing Committee of National Nurses United said the vote this week was 260 to 92 in favor of the union.
LABOR
America Without A Union Movement? When labor was at its numerical apogee in 1955, the wealthiest 10 percent claimed just 33 percent of the nation’s income. By 2007, with the labor movement greatly diminished, the wealthiest 10 percent claimed 50 percent of the nation’s income.
Coalition to Protect Collective Bargaining Submits 685,000 Signatures for Amendment Led by a Michigan Nurses Association member, volunteers submitted signatures from nearly 685,000 Michigan voters to the Secretary of State today in support of a constitutional amendment to protect Michigan residents’ right to negotiate for fair wages and benefits. The 684, 286 signatures submitted are more than double the state requirement to appear on the November ballot.