JanFromWI

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1. To Unionize or Not To Unionize: Questions that every nurse should ask themselves

   JanFromWI replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Union

   For me a key advantage of belonging to my union (and why I would never work at a non-union facility) is knowing that when stand up and advocate for my patients, whether I take on an MD, manager, insurance rep, etc because they're jeopardizing my pati...

2. "Just the good old Boys"

   JanFromWI replied to ASSEDO's topic in Union

   What generally happens after hospital administartors get nervous about unionization are: -mandatory "union-avoidance" meetings -improvements in wages benegfits and whatever the hospital perceives that nurses care about -creation of "shared governance...

3. Labor & Healthcare-The Issue of Our Time

   JanFromWI replied to lizzyj's topic in Union

   I think that's it's essential that nursing unions stay active politically. Whay should doctors, firemen, policemen and teachers have a political voice, but not nurses. Our profession looks at the patient as a whole. Our patients lives don't end wh...

4. SEIU Threatening Nurses at Home --What you should do if they com,e to your door

   JanFromWI replied to lizzyj's topic in Union

   When someone hostile shows up at your house, there are two inherent messages: -they are showing that they know where you live -they've taken the time to do the research to figure out where you live What happens is, you wonder when they'll be back and...

5. SEIU Agrees to Gag Nursing Home Workers

   JanFromWI replied to jsrRN's topic in Union

   I'm a former meber of SEIU in WI. One of the most disturbing aspects of SEIU's partnership agreements is the negative impavt they have on patient advocacy. These agreements routinely contain a gag clause. By gag clause, I mean a clause where the un...

6. SEIU Agrees to Gag Nursing Home Workers

   JanFromWI replied to jsrRN's topic in Union

   I'm curious: Samantha, do you defend SEIU's partnership with the nursing home industry? Do you think that it's okay for a union to sign an agreement that prevents RNs from speaking out when their employers endanger patients? Is that what you claim ...

7. CNA's Union-Busting in Ohio-An Open Letter

   JanFromWI replied to LindaKirby's topic in Union

   Wow, you and CHP certainly support the same position! Now you're back to defending CHP getting to handpick SEIU as their union of choice. It disheartens me to hear an RN argue that our fellow RNs can't assess two unions on a ballot and make an educ...

8. SEIU Agrees to Gag Nursing Home Workers

   JanFromWI replied to jsrRN's topic in Union

   This article blows my mind. This is what I hated the most about being a member of SEIU--the feeling in your gut that your union was willing to stoop to any level, even endanger patients, to gain more members.

9. CNA's Union-Busting in Ohio-An Open Letter

   JanFromWI replied to LindaKirby's topic in Union

   ah, the problem lies in your choice of question. why should rns have to choose between seiu acting as a company union vs. "no union" when there are unions out there that actually reject seiu's partnership nonsense and build genuine, collective rn po...

10. CNA's Union-Busting in Ohio-An Open Letter

    JanFromWI replied to LindaKirby's topic in Union

    When I was a member of SEIU/1199W in Wisconsin, I was asked to help organize RNs in non-union hospitals. I was apalled at the attitude of the SEIU staff. In the "organizing training" I was told never to use the words "power, struggle, union, fight, ...