Re: The Great American Hospital Organizing Campaign has begun! Originally Posted by SandraCVRN 
I'm more concerned about 2 groups that just months ago were both telling me how horrible the other was.
Sorry I was unclear about which two groups I was talking about, my tired brain knew I was talking about different things. (doctors/unios) I meant NNOC/CNA & SEIU less than 6 months ago they were both telling me (personally) how bad the other was.
I am not against unions, it just scares me that now they seem to be buddies.
Sorry again for the miscommunication.
The only scary thing to me is the politicians who seem to have been bought off with insurance and drug company money. The status quo is good for them and they'd rather people fight about whether unions are good or bad and not deal with real issues. It's going to take a lot of hard work to keep the momentum going on our single payer grassroots organizing movement, and union members must lock arms and lead the way to create social change.
When unions are strong, the country thrives. I believe these union leaders understand that if you want to see a stable middle class, dignity, for working people, and a more secure future for America, unions must be strengthened. The barriers to organizing must be brought down, and our fundamental rights to freedom of association must be restored. Both unions are working to win support for the
Employee Free Choice Act.
It's refreshing that our union leaders have reached this accord and have demonstrated that principled compromise is achievable, without compromising principles. They're doing what's right for nurses and patients and all workers.
SEIU's Andy Stern was quoted in the New York Times as saying:
“We spent a lot of time watching each other and at times competing with each other, and now we think it’s the right time to work together.”
The Executive Director of the National Nurses Organizing Committee, Rose Ann DeMoro, was quoted in the same article and stated, “We have a moment to seize,” she said. “We have to show hospitals that health care reform is the right thing to do.”
Re: The Great American Hospital Organizing Campaign has begun!
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