National
 Federation
 of
 Nurses
 to
 Wisconsin 
Lawmakers:
 STOP
 Anti‐Union 
Legislation
 That 
Puts
 Patients’
 Lives 
in
 Jeopardy

Contact: 
Kiernan 
Doherty;
 503‐517‐3726;
 kdoherty@metgroup.com
MADISON,
 Wis.,
 March 
2,
 2011
—
For
 the
 safety
 of 
nurses
 and
 their
 patients,
 National
 Federation
 of 
Nurses
(NFN) pleads
 with
 lawmakers
i n 
Madison
 to
 defeat
 legislation 
that 
would
 strip 
public
employees
 of 
their 
right 
to collectively 
bargain
 for 
fair 
and
 equitable
 workplace 
conditions. “

This
 is 
a
 matter 
of
 life
 or
 death. 
If
 nurses 
can not
 come 
together


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