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Thank you, public workers 

I spent part of the Labor Day weekend with a couple of public school teachers. One showed off the items she had collected from her garden and the woods over the summer out of habit, just as she has done for over 30 years. She would bring them in to show the students each fall to help flesh out some of the lessons. She won’t be doing that this year, however. Gov. Chris Christie scared her into retirement.

The other teacher mentioned that she would be attending classes every weekend throughout the fall in pursuit of a graduate degree and was celebrating her last free time until winter.

Doctor shortage? 28 states may expand nurses' role 

CHICAGO — A nurse may soon be your doctor. With a looming shortage of primary care doctors, 28 states are considering expanding the authority of nurse practitioners. These nurses with advanced degrees want the right to practice without a doctor's watchful eye and to prescribe narcotics. And if they hold a doctorate, they want to be called "Doctor."

Standing in Solidarity with the Nurses at Temple University Hospital 

Temple may have to pay pickets unemployment benefits
Philadelphia Inquirer
By Jane M. Von Bergen
April 29, 2010
In a strange twist, Temple University Hospital may wind up paying its striking nurses and allied health professionals for their time on the picket line.

Tentative Deal Reached to End Temple Hospital Strike
KYW Newsradio

Gov. Chris Christie demonizes N.J. teachers; End home rule; Israeli discrimination 

Proud union member

I’m not a stupid person, and I recognize and accept the need for many reforms. I’m a taxpayer and am as disgusted by my $12,000 property tax as anyone. But I resent the way Gov. Chris Christie demonizes teachers (I am not one) and public employee unions.

Emotional appropriations committee session turns into budget hearing preview 

TRENTON - Pent-up anger spilled into the Assembly Appropriations Committee room this evening as a hearing on Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) reform turned into a preview of public sector pushback against Gov. Chris Christie's 2011 budget.