The first recorded nurses' union was formed in ____
a. 1970, after the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Act went into effect
b. 1989, when the second amendment to the National Labor Relations Act was made by Congress
c. New York City
d. The early 1960s, after John F. Kennedy issued an executive order protecting the collective bargaining rights of nurses
C
In 1937, at a time when the American Nurses Association stood opposed to the formation of nurses' unions, the first recorded nurses' union was formed in New York City.
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