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We regret to announce that the AFT NHP Professional Issues Conference has been postponed until further notice.
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Nurses and Healthcare News
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03/26/2020
School nurses working COVID-19 testing sites in Connecticut
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03/22/2020
AFT endorses Joe Biden as Democratic nominee for president
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03/16/2020
In the fight against COVID-19, the AFT is focused on members’ health, safety
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02/28/2020
AFT activists lean in to support 2020 candidates
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02/05/2020
A proactive approach needed for coronavirus, say union leaders
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01/24/2020
Corvallis nurses reach a tentative deal with Good Samaritan
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11/21/2019
House passes legislation to give protections to health workers
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11/20/2019
Union leaders ride the bus for school funding in Florida
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RT @AFTunion: Happy Thursday! It's time for some #COVID19 myth-busting: vaccine edition. 💉 t.co/UU3ILxsioY
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RT @LisaHansel: @AFTHealthcare @AFTunion @GW_Workforce And to learn more about moral injury, see this article in @AFT Health Care by Patric…
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For healthcare workers, #PTSD & #MoralInjury were a crisis long before #COVID19. The pandemic has supercharged this… t.co/TuZAItmNbE
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G’mar chatima tovah to our members & friends observing #YomKippur today.
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