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Trio of unions set to merge, to be largest nurses union in U.S.
Thursday, August 27, 2009
The long-anticipated merger of three major nurse unions is set for December. The name of the new organization will be National Nurses United.
Leaders of the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee, United American Nurses, and Massachusetts Nurses Association said Monday that a founding convention for the new, 150,000-member nurses union will be held Dec. 7-8 in Scottsdale, AZ. According to a statement from the groups, the new nurse-led union will be dedicated to passing laws establishing RN-to-patient safe staffing ratios, and will emphasize protecting and expanding patient rights. The union will be the largest nurses’ union in American history, according to the groups.
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