Add to ORKGDelma Delora talks about her work at St. Vincent\u27s and Christus St. Vincent\u27s in Santa Fe, NM where she started as an LPN in 1962 working in the emergency room. Delora describes the changes that she has seen in the provision of health care over her long career as an RN in which she worked in various departments including the cancer ward with AIDs patients during the 1980s. Delora\u27s union membership takes shape in 1974, acting as the President of the Professional Performance Association (PPA) at St. Vincents. She emphasizes the importance of the Taft Hartley Act of 1974 which gave nurses the right to organize a union and bargain collectively. In the 1980s, the Union decided to affiliate with a national union, and they became...