[Valerie Salva]

Very proud of and happy for the CyFair RNs!

Here's hoping the fruits of the victory spread far and wide!

[wheneveryoucallme]

Originally Posted by classicdame

Sad day for Texas nurses. Who are you kidding? Unions don't do anything well except collect dues.

I will happily throw in my 2 % a month...which equals two hours of pay per month for a voice to make change and a balance of power to protect my license, my patients and my colleagues. The dues we pay go right back into maintaining our organization. It's the Right thing to do!

[wheneveryoucallme]

Texas girls do like to throw down. Especially in the spirit of protecting our patients, our license, and each other. Actually, I have not had many good reasons to throw down lately...Let's celebrate Ya'll.. yeee ha! Ride em cowgirl. Put on your boots ma and let's go barrel racing! Do ya'll remember that time I chased that armidillo into that cactus burrow? Ya'll was pulling cactus needles out of my fingers all night. Good thing I was surrounded by nurses. Hey maybe the Cali nurses will want to go on one of our armidillo chasing camping trips? What do you think ladies? Yes I am serious.

[Ludlow]

Originally Posted by wheneveryoucallme

Texas girls do like to throw down. Especially in the spirit of protecting our patients, our license, and each other. Actually, I have not had many good reasons to throw down lately...Let's celebrate Ya'll.. yeee ha! Ride em cowgirl. Put on your boots ma and let's go barrel racing! Do ya'll remember that time I chased that armidillo into that cactus burrow? Ya'll was pulling cactus needles out of my fingers all night. Good thing I was surrounded by nurses. Hey maybe the Cali nurses will want to go on one of our armidillo chasing camping trips? What do you think ladies? Yes I am serious.

How fast do Armidillo run? And what do you do when you throw down? Wooeee, I can tell that it will be great to have a whole state full of Texas nurses in the NNOC! Health care and patient care will never be the same. Isn't it exciting to be in this historic movement to make things better for our patients?

[wheneveryoucallme]

Well to throw down is kind of like a hoe-down without the dancing. A hoe-down is defined....A square dance or a social gathering at which square dancing takes place. Although, I do think one may have the intent to just throw down but then if unplanned dancing occurs it could be called a "throw-down hoe-down." Oh I don't know but it sounds fun anyway. And those armidillo's are FAST.

[RN4MERCY]

Originally Posted by wheneveryoucallme

Texas girls do like to throw down. Especially in the spirit of protecting our patients, our license, and each other. Actually, I have not had many good reasons to throw down lately...Let's celebrate Ya'll.. yeee ha! Ride em cowgirl. Put on your boots ma and let's go barrel racing! Do ya'll remember that time I chased that armidillo into that cactus burrow? Ya'll was pulling cactus needles out of my fingers all night. Good thing I was surrounded by nurses. Hey maybe the Cali nurses will want to go on one of our armidillo chasing camping trips? What do you think ladies? Yes I am serious.

Absolutely! And, don't forget the men-folk. What a hoot! But, in all seriousness, about the armadillo, I will have to confess that I don't remember that time. We like to work hard to help organize all our sisters and brothers, and we like to play hard too. CELEBRATE, CELEBRATE, Dance to the music...Shiner Bock, please, and circle the wagons. Everybody in, nobody out! Especially when the Austin Lounge Lizzards are in the house, or Toni Price...whoa, baby!

I'm proud to pay my dues to CNA/NNOC: "A Voice for Nurses, A Vision for Healthcare." The best value for nurses in America. "A union with a pulse," according to Ralph Nader.
http://www.guaranteedhealthcare.org/...-insurance-act

We enjoy meaningful educational seminars and the benefits of expert organizers, labor reps, top-notch negotiating, administrative, research, and legal support staff. Our democratically elected Board of Directors are all direct care RNs. Read all about it in our Registered Nurse magazine.
http://www.calnurses.org/publication..._march2007.pdf

Keep your boots on, "...we've got promises to keep, and miles to go before we sleep, and miles to go, before we sleep.*" (No apologies; I used a reasonable facsimile of a verse from, 'Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening.' Thank you, Robert Frost)

[ADVOCATE 4 PATIENTS]

Originally Posted by kat nurse advocate

Just so all of the Texas RNs know, I am most happy to share my California NNOC/CNA dues with the Texas RNs. An injury to one is truly an injury to all, nurses and patients alike. All RNs across the country need to get on board this train, for it is going all the way, to protect patients and nursing practice. Bedside, direct care RNs, on the move to improve the health of the nation. Let's rock'n'roll....

Thanks, kat nurse advocate for being wise enough to realize that 'dues' are more than just a deduction from our paychecks...that they are spent on activities that will better the working conditions of all nurses and improve the care we are able to deliver! Please, take my money...and give me a voice that is not just heard but responded to!!!

[RN4MERCY]

Originally Posted by wheneveryoucallme

Well to throw down is kind of like a hoe-down without the dancing. A hoe-down is defined....A square dance or a social gathering at which square dancing takes place. Although, I do think one may have the intent to just throw down but then if unplanned dancing occurs it could be called a "throw-down hoe-down." Oh I don't know but it sounds fun anyway. And those armidillo's are FAST.

I like your style; thanks for inviting us along for the ride too! Hospitality demands that we go you one better, and return the favor, so bring your S.K.s for a little electric slide, after we round up the varmits who've highjacked our public health system and put 'em out of business. They've made off with the loot that should be used to care for patients.

Let's head 'em up, and move 'em out...a grassroots fire and a stampede ought to do it. There must be a wood-pit barbeque in hell hot enough to handle the greedy money changers, once we drive 'em over the cliff into the abyss. At least they won't be our problem anymore, or a problem for our patients.

http://www.pnhp.org/facts/single_payer_resources.php

[RN4MERCY]

Originally Posted by wheneveryoucallme

Well to throw down is kind of like a hoe-down without the dancing. A hoe-down is defined....A square dance or a social gathering at which square dancing takes place. Although, I do think one may have the intent to just throw down but then if unplanned dancing occurs it could be called a "throw-down hoe-down." Oh I don't know but it sounds fun anyway. And those armidillo's are FAST.

Originally Posted by Valerie Salva

Very proud of and happy for the CyFair RNs!

Here's hoping the fruits of the victory spread far and wide!

I second that! The seeds of the health care justice, nursing practice, and patient advocacy revolution have fallen on fertile soil in Texas, for sure.

The mother of all those seeds was planted just last year.
http://www.calnurses.org/media-cente...temID=29546786

[PsychRN03]

Originally Posted by Chico David RN

I'm posting this fast, and don't yet have all the details, but here is what I do know:
CNA just won a representation election for the RNs at Cypress Fairbanks Hospital, a part of the Tenet chain in Houston Texas.
Other than a small number of RNs employed by the federal government, this represents the first unionized nurses in the entire state a very tough organizing environment. It is the first major fruits of a three year statewide campaign.
The election was run under an organizing agreement won at the bargaining table by Tenet nurses in California.
Don't yet have numbers or other details, will make a second post when I do. I've met some of these Texas nurses and they are just the greatest. This is only the first of many organizing victories to come in this state.

Outstanding.

I have one huge request for you or anyone else reading this thread who might be an employee (or former employee) of Cy Fair...please list as anonymously as possible any details/conditions that resulted in this desire to unionize--staffing, safety, wages, benefits, respect/treatment by admin/mgmt.

Let's say I'm doing an impromptu longitudinal study and would love to hear the before and after.