SEIU vs. CNA this week at my hospital

After reading so much about what happened in Ohio a week or two ago, I tried to stay neutral and look at both sides of the story, like I do with any other situation that has two or more sides.

However, this week I have personally experienced something that makes me question and doubt CNA's motives. Just two days ago at work, 0700, nurses start showing up for change of shift with hot pink flyers in hand. Guess who was passing them out by the employee parking lot? Yep, CNA representatives. Also, does anyone else find it a bit coincedental that our hospital employees (including nurses) are represented by SEIU? Finally, did I mention that we have been in bargaining for about 6 weeks and our current contract expires very soon? Yes, all interesting pieces of the puzzle here.

I am not sure exactly what CNA's intentions were at our facility, as we quickly took all the flyers and put them in the shredder bin. Security was promptly called to escort them off the premises, and the police were also there when I left. But those CNA people aren't so easily discouraged!! The next night when I came back to work, they were across the parking lot, on the sidewalk where they wouldn't technically be on our property, still handing out those little pink flyers.

I wanted to post here in light of the whole fiasco in Ohio, not to cause drama, but to let people know that there is something fishy going on with CNA.