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Article: Maryland Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals Wins Representation Election
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- U.S. Newswire
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- April 25, 1997
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WASHINGTON, April 25 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Maryland Federation
of Nurses and Health Professionals (MFNHP) today said it won 65
percent of the vote for union representation of the state's nurses
and healthcare workers over the Maryland Classified Employees
Association, receiving 409 votes to the Association's 171 votes.
Forty-five health professionals voted against any union
representation.
"This is a tremendous victory for health professionals," said
MFNHP campaign coordinator Juanita Dunlap Smith. "It means that
for the first time, health professionals will have the right to
have a strong voice in efforts to improve their jobs and to improve
health care in our state.
"We were ...