Crisis/strike travel

[michlynn]

For anyone who has done crisis/strike travel, which agencies do you use? Do you like it? What are the working conditions like? I've recently become interested in doing something like this in between assignments. Thanks for the info!

[NedRN]

Here is my 2 cents. I have never worked a strike but I would if given the chance. Why? For the money of course, therefore the compensation would have to be right and I wouldn't cancel a travel job to do it since they often cancel before day 1.

That should be the go to rational, but many strike nurses feel the need to come up with less avaricious rationale (which is human nature but still sad).

Yes, strikes do cost the hospital but in a delayed fashion usually. I can just about guarantee that any hospital that allows a strike has strike insurance. One to five day strikes are all about depleting that insurance money to put pressure on management to negotiate in good faith. Since short strikes are simply a negotiating tactic, I don't mind working them if I'm otherwise free. But I won't do open ended strikes. However that is where the big money is for strike workers.