NETWORK Newsletter
NETWORK is the official publication of the Wisconsin Federation of Nurses & Health Professionals. You can read back issues.
Publications and Reports
New Research Linking Nurses' Workloads to Patient Safety
The latest findings from a three-year nursing workforce study confirm what a mountain of research has told us for more than 20 years—that people die every day because there aren't enough nurses to care for them safely, AFT President Randi Weingarten says. The study, published in The Lancet, was conducted by RN4CAST, a consortium of investigators from 12 European countries.
Soaring CEO Compensation
The AFL-CIO launched its Executive Paywatch site—now called CEO Pay and You—which includes the most comprehensive data available on executive pay. All the data available is searchable by industry, by state and by the top 100 highest-paid CEOs.
Economic Policy Institute Study Finds Wisconsin's Public-sector Workers are Under-Compensated
Thursday, February 10, 2011--A new Economic Policy Institute study released this week finds that full-time state and local government employees in Wisconsin are undercompensated by 8.2%, when compared to otherwise similar private-sector workers.
The Medically Fragile Child
The third edition of AFT's popular document, The Medically Fragile Child, is available for downloading.