Nurses from eight AFL-CIO unions are banding together in hopes of increasing their political and organizing strength, leaders announced Thursday. The move foreshadows more coalitions within specific industries as organized labor attempts to regain clout. About 200,000 nurses, describing themselves as RNs Working Together, are bidding to become the first union members to form such a group within the AFL-CIO.
See "Nurses From Eight Unions Band Together", Will Lester, San Francisco Chronicle, February 22, 2006