Winter 2005

Table of Contents

1. Are You a Supervisor and Don't Know It? Beware.
2. Kaiser Permanente and Unions Ratify Contract
3. Nursing Home Staffing Rule Finalized
4. Legislative Update
5. Magnet Doesn't Attract Everyone
6. GOP Leaders Look to Cut Health and Social Programs to Pay for New Tax Cuts
7. AFSCME Enters the Policy Arena for Healthcare Information Technology
8. Illinois Enacts Laws to Protect Health Care Workers
9. Schwarzenegger Loses Fight to Stop Ratios
10. Use of Overtime for Nurses Continues to Rise
11. The AFSCME Nurse Advisory Committee
12. AFSCME Council 31 Releases Report on Resurrection Health Care
13. Pennsylvania Becomes First State to Collect Data on Hospital-Acquired Infections
14. What is UNA-AFSCME?