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WELCOME to the Wisconsin Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals The Wisconsin Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals (WFNHP) is affiliated with AFT Healthcare, the national healthcare division of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT). WFNHP is a democratically run labor union of health professionals, committed to the growth and empowerment of its membership and all healthcare workers. WFNHP seeks to secure optimal working conditions and professional development for its members, while playing a leadership role in establishing high standards of clinical practice and patient care. |
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Sign up to volunteer for WFNHP recall activities. We need volunteers to make phone calls, knock on doors, attend rallies, protests, town hall meetings, and more. |
We have been contacted by members asking how they can contribute financially to our fight against Governor Walker's attacks on our members' collective bargaining rights, the fight to save the quality healthcare services our members provide to the public, and the fight to take back our state. Click here to make a voluntary donation to WFNHP's S.O.S. Fund--Save Our Services/Save Our State--via PayPal or any major credit card. |
NETWORK is the award-winning publication of the Wisconsin Federation of Nurses & Health Professionals. It is published quarterly in Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter. |
How would you like to be jailed and tortured for providing healthcare services or for just marching in a peaceful protest? That is exactly what happened last spring in Bahrain. On April 23-24, WFNHP president Candice Owley had the honor to travel to Bahrain as part of a small international labor delegation to urge the government to release jailed teachers, nurses, doctors and other healthcare workers. Read the story... |
ATTENTION Local 5001 Members--the next "Coffee & Conversation" is scheduled for Thursday, June 7th from 4-6pm at the Union Office, 9620 W. Greenfield Avenue, West Allis, WI. |
Click here to see a full list of local rallies, town hall meetings, etc. Schedule will be updated daily, so please check back often!
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The AFL-CIO has launched its 2012 AFL-CIO Executive Paywatch site—now called CEO Pay and the 99%—which includes the most comprehensive data available on 2011 executive pay. All the data available is searchable by industry, by state and by the top 100 highest-paid CEOs.
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A federal judge in Madison on Friday ruled that portions of Act 10--the lightning-rod measure from Gov. Scott Walker that removed most collective bargaining for most public employees--are unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge William Conley found that the portions of the bill that denied workers payroll deduction for union dues and that required yearly, absolute majority recertification elections were unconstitutional. The judge also ordered that public employers must re-instate payroll deduction of union dues after May 31, 2012. This federal court decision is an important first step in the fight to take back our rights. As Judge Conley stated, there was “no rational basis” to deny public unions the right to decide how they will collect dues and how they will recertify. |
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For updates on BadgerCare, Medicaid, and the Affordable Care Act, visit our page on Quality Healthcare for All. |
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More than 62,000 marched and rallied in Madison on Saturday, March 10th, 2012, to mark the one-year anniversary of Governor Scott Walker's assault on public employees and the working families in our state. Nurses, teachers, students, veterans, retirees, and tens of thousands of supporters packed the steps and the streets leading to the Capitol waving their signs and banners in solidarity, and pledging to RECLAIM the Wisconsin that they love, a Wisconsin that is fair, a Wisconsin that honors justice, and a Wisconsin that treats all its citizens with dignity and respect. |
A message of solidarity from Funzione Pubblica CGIL, our union brothers and sisters in Italy. |
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This page contains the history of WFNHP's campaign, "Fighting For our Future." The campaign launched in February of 2011 in response to Governor Scott Walker's attack on public employees and their unions. |
Every day, educators and other public employees, and the services they provide our communities, are being attacked. From challenging collective bargaining rights, to undermining the quality of public education and higher education, to decimating pensions and trying to put healthcare coverage further out of reach, working men and women across the country are under assault. And if this has taught us one thing, it's that Elections Matter.
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