Hundreds Lobby for New Healthcare Legislation

Community Calls On Leaders to Focus on Quality Care

MADISON: As part of National Nurses Day, more than 300 healthcare professionals are heading to the State Capitol on May 7 as part of a newly launched campaign to improve quality care for patients in nursing homes, hospitals, and other healthcare facilities all across the state. Carrying signed scrubs from hundreds of other healthcare professionals unable to attend, these workers will lobby their legislators on how to improve quality of care for Wisconsin residents.

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Unions and the community are 'a natural coalition'

Solution-driven unionism may have been the overarching theme of the 2013 joint conference of the AFT Healthcare and AFT Public Employees divisions, but the importance of community engagement was the biggest takeaway message for the 450 AFT members and guests who gathered in Baltimore, April 25-27. Read more.

State AFT Healthcare Leader Hails Alliance With National Federation of Nurses

State AFT Healthcare Leader Hails Alliance With National Federation of Nurses

Candice Owley: "Agreement holds potential to creat a new kind of nurses organization."
 

MILWAUKEE, WI—Statement of Candice Owley, president of the Wisconsin Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals, and a national American Federation  of Teachers vice president, on the announcement today of an affiliation agreement that will bring the 34,000 members of the National Federation of Nurses into the AFT:

“The state and local associations that make up the NFN are long-established and respected professional organizations in their states and communities. Together, we will renew and strengthen our focus on maintaining the professional standards of nursing so that our members can continue to provide the highest quality care to patients.

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WFNHP President Candice Owley Statement in Support of the Strengthen BadgerCare Act

MILWAUKEE, Wis.—Wisconsin Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals President Candice Owley released the following statement in support of the Strengthen BadgerCare Act.

“Every day nurses and healthcare workers see the personal and financial devastation to families caused by lack of affordable healthcare coverage, and that is why the Wisconsin Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals is in strong support of the Strengthen BadgerCare Act introduced by Senator John Erpenbach and Representative Jon Richards.”

 

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Healing Our Healthcare System

In her latest column appearing in the New York Times, AFT president Randi Weingarten talks about the accomplishments to date of the Affordable Care Act, even in its early stages. And she discusses the vital role that nurses and healthcare workers—the AFT is one of the largest unions of nurses in the country—play in enhancing patient care and improving the healthcare system. Read Weingarten's column.

A Great Opportunity for the Land of Opportunity

In her most recent column appearing in the New York Times, “A Great Opportunity for the Land of Opportunity,” AFT President Randi Weingarten calls for the swift passage of commonsense, compassionate, comprehensive immigration reform. “Whether it’s the realization that a nation made great by immigrants has a moral imperative to live up to our American values of democracy and opportunity, or because it’s sound economic policy, or because it’s just the right thing to do for hardworking families,” she says, “reforming our immigration system makes sense.” Read Weingarten's column.

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