contract settled

[husker-nurse]

First of all, I AM a union nurse. But, even if you are anti-union, you may want to read this. I am an RN in Sioux City, Iowa, and, until the last day of our present contract, we were prepared to go on strike for (yes) better wages, insurance, and staffing issues. At the last minute, we agreed to, and overwhelmingly ratified a good contract. What you may find interesting is the fact that the hospital had hired temporary replacement nurses from traveler agencies, who were already sitting in the hotel across the street from the hospital. I just watched the local news, and, according to these same people, the hospital is now fudging on the agreement they had when hired. They further stated that they will probably have to sue the hospital to get the $$ that they were promised. :uhoh21: Fair warning?

[SmilingBluEyes]

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"the temps"? You mean the nurses who were so willing to backstab other nurses by crossing their strike line that they were already there chomping at the bit waiting in the wings? No I do not feel sad for them. They have as much sympathy from me as they showed for the nurses they couldnt wait to scab over for the almighty dollar.

They can now all feel free to sue their pimp - the agency that brought them there - 'cause they can be damn sure it already got paid a nice big fat non-refundable retainer fee & deposit from the hospital.

The hospital has to pay the agency whether or not the strike happens. If their agency wont pay the nurses for being there on call, at least those nurses who had no qualms about earning a living in such a way got a free trip out of it. They can consider it an unpaid vacation.

You reap what you sow.

RIGHT ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[husker-nurse, LPN, LVN]

Just wanted to thank you all for your comments; I agree with you about GREED, but was trying to be, ya know, nice about it. I guess they'll have to look elsewhere to hit the jackpot!

[Euskadi1946]

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"the temps"? You mean the nurses who were so willing to backstab other nurses by crossing their strike line that they were already there chomping at the bit waiting in the wings? No I do not feel sad for them. They have as much sympathy from me as they showed for the nurses they couldnt wait to scab over for the almighty dollar.

They can now all feel free to sue their pimp - the agency that brought them there - 'cause they can be damn sure it already got paid a nice big fat non-refundable retainer fee & deposit from the hospital.

The hospital has to pay the agency whether or not the strike happens. If their agency wont pay the nurses for being there on call, at least those nurses who had no qualms about earning a living in such a way got a free trip out of it. They can consider it an unpaid vacation.

You reap what you sow.

WOOOOHOOOO!!!! Couldn't have said it better myself.

[RN4NICU, LPN, LVN]

I have nothing against travel nurses. With that said I do have a problem with any nurse who knowingly takes scab assignments. They undermine their own profession.

Scabs are paid phenonimal wages. With the understanding that it could end at any moment. It is part of the risk they take. They did not get screwed as RNICU, and LovingHands suggest. They gambled, at the expence of the core staff, and lost. No sympathy here.

EXCUSE ME - I suggested no such thing.

(my screen name is the only one in the thread that resembles RNICU, so I'm guessing you mean me...)

I stated in my post that travel nurses get screwed on a regular basis (as in by their companies for REGULAR NON SCAB assignments - as in bonuses promised and not paid, less than acceptable housing, no backup on refusing an unsafe assignment, the list goes on...). I mentioned that a national union would benefit all nurses including agency and travel nurses. It stands to reason that I don't support crossing union lines.

I would never screw over another nurse out of greed or advocate that someone else do it either.

[rollingstone]

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"the temps"? You mean the nurses who were so willing to backstab other nurses by crossing their strike line that they were already there chomping at the bit waiting in the wings? No I do not feel sad for them. They have as much sympathy from me as they showed for the nurses they couldnt wait to scab over for the almighty dollar.

They can now all feel free to sue their pimp - the agency that brought them there - 'cause they can be damn sure it already got paid a nice big fat non-refundable retainer fee & deposit from the hospital.

The hospital has to pay the agency whether or not the strike happens. If their agency wont pay the nurses for being there on call, at least those nurses who had no qualms about earning a living in such a way got a free trip out of it. They can consider it an unpaid vacation.

You reap what you sow.

I couldn't have said it better myself.