tadpolern

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1. We're being raided by the NNU

   tadpolern replied to MistyDawnRN06's topic in Union

   RN4Mercy, Can you please send any good Nursing Union to 'raid', as you say, a few of the hospitals in Birmingham, AL. Like UAB, Cooper Green. They need them. Some of the staff RNs have been placed on the exempt status and have no rights. No overtime...

2. Alabama RNs need a good union. A quick poll.

   tadpolern replied to tadpolern's topic in Union

   mmuligan23 Thank you also. We have contacted ASNA and ABN. No help frome the ABN persay...I wouldnt like the idea of being forced to go on a strike either...but I also dont like the idea of an unsafe patient/nurse environment. Nurses are the patien...

3. Alabama RNs need a good union. A quick poll.

   tadpolern replied to tadpolern's topic in Union

   Thanks herring RN, I like what I read !

4. Alabama RNs need a good union. A quick poll.

   tadpolern replied to tadpolern's topic in Union

   mmulligan23, Thanks for your input. I dont like the idea of having a union...but in certain situations, it's the lesser of the 2 evils. I take it from your comments you would not join a union. I probably would not as a new RN, but as a seasoned RN, s...

5. help, I have burnout bad!!

   tadpolern replied to jrbl77's topic in General Nursing

   You are not alone..........You are not alone.........You are not alone..........

6. Alabama RNs need a good union. A quick poll.

   tadpolern posted a topic in Union

   Things are going downhill quickly for RNs in the Birmingham, AL area. We need representation. Please help in answering a quick poll. 1. I dont think there are any Nursing Unions organized in Alabama. Correct me if I am wrong. If there are unions, wh...

7. "TIME BACK" vs. Overtime $$ pay

   tadpolern replied to Paws4K9s's topic in Operating Room

   I agree, it is not wise to classify RNs as exempt. Nurses need to unify nationally some how, strike nationally. There would be NO hospital functional. I have heard MDs talking of unionizing if the new health care reform comes about. The Nursing Sta...

8. "TIME BACK" vs. Overtime $$ pay

   tadpolern replied to Paws4K9s's topic in Operating Room

   Thanks to all who have replied. I do appreciate the valuable info of other RNs. So fare the Labor Board has told us there is nothing we can do...that we can be classified as salary and therefore are not elegible for OT pay...The attorneys we have ta...

9. "TIME BACK" vs. Overtime $$ pay

   tadpolern replied to Paws4K9s's topic in Operating Room

   Huhhhh.....the adminstration is IN on it too...we have been suddenly placed on "salary", we are suddenly referred to as "professionals"... get paid for 40 max.....even if we work 50hrs....still have to clock in and out, mandated to take call, do not ...