Judge Rules CNA strike Illegal 7/20/05

pickledpepperRN · Jul 21, 2005

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Schwarzenegger Appointees Acted Against RNs Protest Rallies and Picketing Planned Thursday Across State

July 20, 2005

The California Nurses Association today criticized a decision by a Sacramento judge to postpone a one-day walkout tomorrow by University of California registered nurses ...quot; and called it the latest illustration of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's ongoing attack on RNs.

Superior Court Judge Loren McMaster this morning blocked the strike by 9,000 UC RNs, at the request of the Public Employees Relations Board, an agency dominated by Schwarzenegger appointees.

The judge, however, refused the request by PERB and the UC to declare the strike illegal, and restrained University officials from engaging in any further retaliatory actions against nurses, some of whom have been suspended and faced with other disciplinary threats. A hearing is scheduled for August 11 on the PERB/UC bid for an injunction.

In response to the court-ordered cancellation of the strike, CNA announced that the RNs will hold picket and hold rallies all the major UC medical centers from 7:30 to 9 a.m. and 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday at UCLA, UC San Francisco, UC Davis, UC San Diego, and UC Irvine, as well as the UC Berkeley Student Health Center.

Nancy2 · Jul 21, 2005

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Schwarzenegger Appointees Acted Against RNs Protest Rallies and Picketing Planned Thursday Across State
July 20, 2005
The California Nurses Association today criticized a decision by a Sacramento judge to postpone a one-day walkout tomorrow by University of California registered nurses ...quot; and called it the latest illustration of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's ongoing attack on RNs.
Superior Court Judge Loren McMaster this morning blocked the strike by 9,000 UC RNs, at the request of the Public Employees Relations Board, an agency dominated by Schwarzenegger appointees.
The judge, however, refused the request by PERB and the UC to declare the strike illegal, and restrained University officials from engaging in any further retaliatory actions against nurses, some of whom have been suspended and faced with other disciplinary threats. A hearing is scheduled for August 11 on the PERB/UC bid for an injunction.
In response to the court-ordered cancellation of the strike, CNA announced that the RNs will hold picket and hold rallies all the major UC medical centers from 7:30 to 9 a.m. and 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday at UCLA, UC San Francisco, UC Davis, UC San Diego, and UC Irvine, as well as the UC Berkeley Student Health Center.

CNA can say what they want. The strike was illegal!!!!!!!!!!!

That law was written LONG before Schwarzenegger or his appointees.

It's interesting that they just can't admit that they missed it. The attorney was probably going by the NLRA instead of the PERA. There is a difference when dealing with public employees vs. private employees.

barefootlady, ADN, RN · Jul 21, 2005

Why can't we as nurses get the bottom line, a facility can have all types of doctors, they can offer all types of services, but if there are NO NURSES then they can't do anything. Patients don't just come to the hospital for care from a doctor, NURSES have to do special things too.

I have 2 physicians in the family, friends have children who are physicians, they all say, if the nurses in this country would get together, stick together, and make realistic, educated, money wise decisions, then every facility in the land would have to agree. The bottom line is we need to band together as professionals and demand better wages, retirements, benefits of all kinds.

Sherwood · Jul 21, 2005

Why can't we as nurses get the bottom line, a facility can have all types of doctors, they can offer all types of services, but if there are NO NURSES then they can't do anything. Patients don't just come to the hospital for care from a doctor, NURSES have to do special things too.
I have 2 physicians in the family, friends have children who are physicians, they all say, if the nurses in this country would get together, stick together, and make realistic, educated, money wise decisions, then every facility in the land would have to agree. The bottom line is we need to band together as professionals and demand better wages, retirements, benefits of all kinds.

I agree that what we need to do is organize NOT unionize. What we need to do is work together as professionals, present ourselves as the college educated professionals we are. We do not need to take to the street abondoning our patients, the very reason our profession exists, to make a point.

Nurses working together with professional allies. Promoting nursing, promoting healthcare and letting people know what we do and who we are.

We are not ranting angry protesters in the street. We do not walk off the job and leave our patients behind.

We are caring professionals dedicated to helping the sick and injured. We are educators, we are mentors, we are friends. We are ROLE MODELS. We are NURSES.

allnurses Guide · Jul 21, 2005

Wow, just looking at all the different types of patients who were turned away, that is scary.

We had a situation here recently (small rural town) where we needed to send a critical newborn out . . . all the local hospitals were full and we had to send to the Sacramento area . ... what if along with hospitals just being busy, there was also a strike?

The union needed to get their ducks in row to say the least.

steph

caroladybelle, BSN, RN · Jul 21, 2005

The union needed to get their ducks in row to say the least.

Sounds to me more like the hospital system needs to get its ducks in a row.

(Opps, better not use the phrase...someone might get paranoid and think that it is threat.

Sheri257 · Jul 21, 2005

I agree that what we need to do is organize NOT unionize. What we need to do is work together as professionals, present ourselves as the college educated professionals we are. We do not need to take to the street abondoning our patients, the very reason our profession exists, to make a point.
Nurses working together with professional allies. Promoting nursing, promoting healthcare and letting people know what we do and who we are.
We are not ranting angry protesters in the street. We do not walk off the job and leave our patients behind.

Actually ... 350,000 nurses have already walked off the job. That's the number of RN's nationwide who aren't working. Now you can say they've abandoned their patients and left them behind. Or, you can acknowledge the fact that many of those nurses don't think the pay, benefits and working conditions are worth returning to the profession.

As of 2000, the shortage was in full swing with 110,000 RN vacancies nationwide. Has the shortage helped non-union RN's do better on their own? No. Three years later, non-union RN's were making $7,000 less, on average, than union RN's. This isn't union propaganda. This is data from the Bush Labor Department, which isn't exactly pro-union.

Until pay and working conditions improve, the number of RN's who refuse to be treated badly by their employers will remain high. And they will continue to walk off the job, either individually or as a union. This difference is: with a union, RN's do negotiate better pay and working conditions than their non-union colleagues.

:coollook:

allnurses Guide · Jul 21, 2005

Sounds to me more like the hospital system needs to get its ducks in a row.
(Opps, better not use the phrase...someone might get paranoid and think that it is threat.

Only if they are a duck . . . . :chuckle

It is just an old saying for getting yourself organized, which you would think the union would do since organization is their purpose.

steph