California Sympathy Strike

[Ruby Vee, BSN]

so how did the sympathy strike go? inquiring minds want to know!

[MassED, BSN, RN]

what is this...??? Haven't heard...

[GrandmaG]

It went great!!!!! I participated and it was fabulous!!! There were several hundred people at almost every location yesterday!!!

[applewhitern, BSN, RN]

I tried to read about it, but the post disappeared quickly. I can say, tho, I was shocked and dismayed over all the nasty comments about nurses that I read. Apparently, there are a lot of people in the general population that think nurses are overpaid and have great benefits, and that we shouldn't complain! Blew me away.

[tnbutterfly - Mary, BSN]

The post is still in view.

Sympathy Strike....Would you do it?

We have been working on the site, so some threads are hiding.

[applewhitern, BSN, RN]

I meant it disappeared off yahoo news.

[tnbutterfly - Mary, BSN]

Oh....OK. My mistake.

[skipaway]

I can say, tho, I was shocked and dismayed over all the nasty comments about nurses that I read. Apparently, there are a lot of people in the general population that think nurses are overpaid and have great benefits, and that we shouldn't complain! Blew me away.

I would not have been surprised at all, given the current "anti-union" attitudes in politics lately. Teachers, firefighters and now nurses are being criticizised by those who think "we" get too much. If you don't believe it, google Wisconsin/Ohio state union laws.

[Merlyn]

It went great!!!!! I participated and it was fabulous!!! There were several hundred people at almost every location yesterday!!!

Right On! All Power to the People!

[AndiSN]

That is the sentiment toward unions in general lately. My husband works in aircraft in the middle of the country and anytime contract negotiations come up and a union considers a strike there is tons of nasty backlash. What the people usually don't recognize is how dangerous their jobs are and how hazardous to their health it is. So I don't think it is directed at any one industry.

[Merlyn]

That is the sentiment toward unions in general lately. My husband works in aircraft in the middle of the country and anytime contract negotiations come up and a union considers a strike there is tons of nasty backlash. What the people usually don't recognize is how dangerous their jobs are and how hazardous to their health it is. So I don't think it is directed at any one industry.

What I meant was all "All Power to Nurses" The phase comes from the Sixties when US Government wouldn't listen to us Veterans and the Non-Veterans about a war in South East Asia.

[SuesquatchRN, BSN, RN]

Well, I took my first hospital job ever in August and within a month joined the ANA. If we don't advocate for ourselves no one will.