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.

To deal with the critical issues facing the nursing profession, WFNHP conducted a survey of area nurses who work on the front line providing direct care services.  The results of the poll were shared with the media on Nurses Day in Milwaukee--Monday, May 5th. Read the survey results now...

WFNHP held a press conference preceding the annual Nurses Day celebration in Milwaukee to release survey results from over 1,500 Milwaukee-area nurses.  The survey was conducted during the month of April 2008.

Over a period of just seven weeks, from January 14-March 3, a total of 26,419 people took the online 2008 Health Care for America Survey sponsored by the AFL-CIO and Working America.  Read the summary report findings...

Do you have creative friends or family members?  Do you think America is headed in the wrong direction?  Please tell them to participate in the AFL-CIO's first-ever video contest--the 'Turn Around America' online video competition.  The contest is to engage and inspire people like you to tell them how you'd turn our country around.

We want to hear from you.  Visit AFT Voices to share your opinion on the challenges you face in the workplace by answering our new survey question posted on the site.  Plus read comments from fellow members.   Current Question:  What contract language has had the most positive impact on your work life?

The Wisconsin legislature concluded its legislative session in mid-March without passing our bill to Ban Mandatory Overtime for Wisconsin's nurses and healthcare workers.  However, WFNHP will not give up its efforts until this bill is passed to protect nurses and healthcare workers from the dangerous practice of forced overtime.

On February 27th Aurora Sinai Medical Center VP of Nursing testified at Senate Hearing that Aurora does not regularly use mandatory overtime to fill staffing vacancies.  Watch the YouTube video now...

Follow this link to read updates on the contract negotiations between WFNHP Local 5001 and Milwaukee County.

The temperature is rising and the days are getting longer.  It's Sprintime--which means its time to stock up on spring items from The Union Shop Online, where you can shop from the comfort of your home for items union-made in the USA.