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From cooks to nurses, Wisconsinites are organizing for better work

In Madison, nurses at UnityPoint Health-Meriter Hospital say they’re using their decades-old union to push for better conditions for patients and nurses. Meanwhile, the public sector nurses at UW Health’s hospitals and clinics are still trying to get their union recognized years after Act 10, the 2011 law that effectively eliminated collective bargaining rights for public employees, blocked them from negotiating a contract under their former union.