mash406rn

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1. Has Anyone Worked A Strike?

   mash406rn replied to Geeg's topic in General Nursing

   giggly 1977 Being a single mother is just an excuse. I am a single mother and I have been on strike 126 days and I am not the only one. Each one of us has a different financial hardship but we've all taken care of eachother, the community has taken...

2. Has Anyone Worked A Strike?

   mash406rn replied to Geeg's topic in General Nursing

   We all became nurses to take care of our patients. We are striking to take better care of our patients, in a safer hostile free environment. And yes, it is every individuals right to choose but that isn't going to mean we agree with eachothers ch...

3. Has Anyone Worked A Strike?

   mash406rn replied to Geeg's topic in General Nursing

   Absolutely!! My mom retired from the hospital I'm striking from and is now working at another hospital just to pay for her medical insurance. Her monthly pension is under $400.00 per month. Money asside, our patients are in jepordy our licenses are ...

4. Has Anyone Worked A Strike?

   mash406rn replied to Geeg's topic in General Nursing

   I've not met anyone on our picket line, glad to have the "scabs" . They prolong our strike and allow the administration to continue to try to "bust" the union. Our administration refuses to come to the table since we walked out on Nov 14. If there...

5. Has Anyone Worked A Strike?

   mash406rn replied to Geeg's topic in General Nursing

   Sorry smiling blueyes, it was actually FRN 24 who made that comment. To JBUDD, ours too is a community hospital but the board of trustees is not behind us . We are currently handbilling at their businesses. Our community is behind us, the support ...

6. Has Anyone Worked A Strike?

   mash406rn replied to Geeg's topic in General Nursing

   I am responding to the last reply from smiling blueyes. You obviously work at the hospital I have been on strike from for the past 111 days (soon to break the national record of 150 days). I need to correct a statement you made "The union trying to...