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Filipino nurses face criminal charges
AP/Washington Post, January 18, 2008
After they quit their jobs, 10 Filipino nurses in New York were charged with conspiracy and child endangerment in what defense lawyers say is an unprecedented use of criminal law in a labor dispute. The case has unfolded against the backdrop of the chronic nursing shortage, and the Philippines exported 120,000 nurses in 2007.
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