NURSES KICK ARNOLD'S BUTT

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HARRY KELBER, LABOR EDUCATOR - Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger may have made a major political blunder when he called the California Nurses Association a "special interest" and sought to block the independent union’s successful sponsorship of legislation to reduce the RN-patient ratio in the state's hospitals.

Schwarzenegger infuriated CNA members when he pointed at a group of
protesting nurses in the audience at one of his fund-raisers and told
the crowd they were "special interests" and he was always "kicking their
butts." His remarks were also meant for the state's teachers, police and
firefighters who have good reasons to oppose him. . .

CNA has led the fight against the "Great Arnold" by using guerrilla
tactics that caused his public approval rating to plummet from 65% to
43% - and it's still dropping. RNs have dogged each of some forty of the
governor's fund raising and media events, evoking his anger and
frustration.

For example, at the Ritz-Carlton in San Francisco on April 5, some 5,000
RNs, teachers, firefighters and police circled the hotel and made it a
media circus that dominated the news for three days and left 500 to 600
seats at the fund-raiser empty, while creating beautiful footage of the
governor sneaking into the back of his own event. At various
fund-raisers, a light plane has been a frequent uninvited guest, towing
a banner through the skies that read "California is not for sale."