[Sherwood]

Nurses at Inland Valley Medical Center in Riverside County, California have filed to decertify the California Nurses Association.

Numerous other nurses have unsuccessfully attempted to decertify in recent months. While the CNA may gloat in the aftermath of these attempts, a lot must be said for the statement these decertification filings are making. Nurses are not happy with CNA representation and they are making their feeling known! The CNA is NOT the voice of the Nurses of California. This is why the CNA has formed the NNOC and is attempting to spread to other states, in some cases actively raiding other unions.

Thanks,

SherwoodRN

[NRSKarenRN]

From Nov 26th, 2005, North County Times:

Nurses union at Inland Valley has supporters and detractors
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2005...4911_26_05.txt

[Nancy2]

My heart is with those nurses at Inland Valley. The union has a lot more money to campaign with and a lot more experience, it won't be easy, but it would be worth it to get the union out of their hospital. All the talk about a union shop, why should people be forced to be affiliated with an organizatioin they don't agree with? This is still America right?

[Sheri257]

Originally Posted by Sherwood

Nurses are not happy with CNA representation and they are making their feeling known! The CNA is NOT the voice of the Nurses of California.

Here we go again ...

The more correct statement would be 30 percent of the nurses are unhappy with CNA representation. That doesn't mean that all RN's are unhappy with CNA. If they were, the opponents would have more than 50 percent of the signatures and the union would be out already.

So far ... all of these decertification elections have failed and the majority of RN's have been voting to keep CNA representation.

Why don't we continue this discussion when you actually win a decertification election.

[Sherwood]

Just a little press release:

http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2006..._431_13_06.txt


We persevere in our efforts to let the public know that the California Nurses Association does not speak for the majority of Nurses in the state of California. Furthermore in those facilities that they do claim to represent it is often by only a thin margin that they keep their stranglehold. By continuing to "chip away at the stone" Professional Nursing will prevail.

[Sheri257]

Originally Posted by Sherwood

We persevere in our efforts to let the public know that the California Nurses Association does not speak for the majority of Nurses in the state of California. Furthermore in those facilities that they do claim to represent it is often by only a thin margin that they keep their stranglehold. By continuing to "chip away at the stone" Professional Nursing will prevail.

"It is often by a thin margin that they keep their stranglehold ..."

Huh?

CNA won the decertification election at St. Vincent with 75 percent of the vote. That's not a thin margin. Scripps Encinitas was closer with 56 percent of the vote, but that's still the majority.

These were elections that the union opponents initiated. Are you now saying these votes don't count, even though they were cast in your decertification elections?

[pickledpepperRN]

As a member of a CNA Professional Practice Committee (PPC) at my hospital we have improved patient care. I think PPC members are part of professional nursing.

[SFCardiacRN]

Throughout the south and mid-west you will find nurses begging for unions. They have low pay, no job protection, unsafe patient ratio's. Too many union RN's want to have their cake and eat it too! They want the benefit of unions but don't want to pay dues. CNA is why california nurses have it so good. It's too late to turn your back on CNA now!

[lindarn]

Sherwood RN,

Do you ever give it up? Have you returned/refused the pay raises, and improved benefits that CNA has won for you? Do you take 10 -15 patients every shift, like in the old days, before the patient ratio act was passed? Or on any of your shifts? And all we ever hear about is how ungrateful you are for all that they have done. If the answer to these questions is no, then you have no right to challenge the CNA. Period. CNA is here to stay. I would welcome CNAand/or, the NNOC here in Spokane, WA to replace the worthless State Nurses Association that we now have. Maybe then the nurses would actually get a raise that wasn't eaten up by a 20% increase in the cost of medical benefits, earn Seattle area wages and benefits (25% higher), that the LPNs, RTs, X- Ray techs, secretaries, etc, received when 1199 organized them. JMHO.

Lindarn, RN, BSN, CCRN
Spokane, Washington

[Nancy2]

CNA does not represent the nurses at Sherwood's Hospital. CNA lost the election there!!! Does CNA tell people about the elections they lose or about when they withdraw petitions for elections when they can't be sure they will win....NO> They say they represent 60,000 RNs in California, well that's about 240,000 they DON'T represent in California!!! They ones who choose not to belong should not be forced to wear their lable. There are plenty of us.