ME nurses oppose Pacific trade pact's gifts to billionaire drug companies

Nurses are patient advocates — and by extension advocates for our patients' families and our communities — and today we are sounding an alert on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, an international agreement that puts the public health of Maine, and the nation, at risk. Maine nurses urge Congress to reject this fatally flawed agreement and strongly encourage the Legislature to speak out in the public interest and against the Trans-Pacific Partnership. While there are many good reasons to reject this trade pact, Maine's registered nurses are particularly appalled by this agreement's threat to public health and safety.