NOTES ON NURSING
Hayride For Patient Safety in Marshall MNA Nurses at Marshall Avera Regional Medical Center took to the streets on Oct. 23 – on a haywagon – to campaign for a fair contract that keeps patients safe.
LABOR NEWS
Today in History: In 1940, the 40-hour work week went into effect under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.
Equal Pay? U.S. Still Doesn’t Get it Right If a young man and woman fresh out of college with the same degree walk into a large firm, typically, the man can get placed in higher-wage jobs than the woman.
A Decade of Income Stagnation For the first time since the Great Depression, median family income has fallen substantially over an entire decade. Income grew slowly through most of the last decade, except at the top of the distribution, before falling sharply when the financial crisis began.
SPECIAL
Oct. 25 is the 10th anniversary of the tragic death of Paul, Sheila and Marcia Wellstone, along with aides Tom Lapic, Mary McEvoy and Will Mclaughlin. Learn how you can pay tribute to these true friends of nursing