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- ↑ "One Nurses' Strike Ends, Another Goes On in Seattle". The New York Times. September 2, 1976.
- ↑ Rebel Rank and File: Labor Militancy and Revolt from Below During the Long 1970s. Verso Books. November 2010. p. 23-24. ISBN 978-1-84467-174-8.
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