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I am looking for information regarding nursing unions... the advantages, disadvantages, how they work, etc.

I am in my last semester of a BSN program and this info will help me to prepare for a debate. I have to argue AGAINST professional nursing unions. Why should we not have them?????

Thanks!-NSCU RN

Being a data geek I picked a very direct resource and pulled some data. Poverty under age 18 statistics derived from http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/saipe/saipe.cgi

RTW:

Alabama 19.8%

FLA 16.7%

GA 20.2%

TX 22.5%

SD 17.6%

Mean: 19.36% in poverty

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Non RTW States:

MN 11.4%

WA 13.6%

WA 14.3%

VT 12.8%

CA 18.5%

Mean: 14.12%

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These were states drawn relatively randomly. There is a clear difference in outcome between these states. Poverty was chosen as the metric because it is the single best predictor of educational and health problems. (Under age 5 poverty is even more pernicious as a risk factor for poor child development and performance.)

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Being a data geek I picked a very direct resource and pulled some data. Poverty under age 18 statistics derived from http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/saipe/saipe.cgi

RTW:

Alabama 19.8%

FLA 16.7%

GA 20.2%

TX 22.5%

SD 17.6%

Mean: 19.36% in poverty

Non RTW States:

MN 11.4%

WA 13.6%

WA 14.3%

VT 12.8%

CA 18.5%

Mean: 14.12%

These were states drawn relatively randomly. There is a clear difference in outcome between these states. Poverty was chosen as the metric because it is the single best predictor of educational and health problems. (Under age 5 poverty is even more pernicious as a harmful factor for child development and performance.)

Dead link. And that data is 10years old... Florida is mostly a retiree state. How do you determine poverty in an under 18 population there. Census is not objective data either. People can put down whatever they want.

I'm 58 and have never been interviewed as an adult in any census.

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Click here http://www.census.gov/did/www/saipe/data/statecounty/index.html

Click on create interactive tables.....The data is based on 2008 figures....

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Thanks MIB for posting this. The methodology papers for poverty estimation were quite interesting.

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This is just more propaganda from the union camp trying to show how unions are going to save the world.

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It isn't that unions are going to save the world. Rather it is that small d democracy is essential if we are to have a functional/sustainable economy over the long haul.

Objective data is objective data.....

See

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The website referenced above is a pro union website. I can show you just as many anti union websites with just as much data against unions.

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My initial response was in reference to census poverty data..

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My initial response was in reference to census poverty data..

You might find this interesting. The inequality trust has posted a slideshow that shows how states with the greatest income inequality (Read RTW states) have the worst outcomes.

http://www.equalitytrust.org.uk/resources/slides

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You might find this interesting. The inequality trust has posted a slideshow that shows how states with the greatest income inequality (Read RTW states) have the worst outcomes.

http://www.equalitytrust.org.uk/resources/slides

.uk???? Of course you know that most RTW states have lower taxes. Should we chat about that fact. I'm pretty sure I can buy a house much cheaper in NC than I can in SF.

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you might find this interesting. the inequality trust has posted a slideshow that shows how states with the greatest income inequality (read rtw states) have the worst outcomes.

http://www.equalitytrust.org.uk/resources/slides

.uk???? of course you know that most rtw states have lower taxes. should we chat about that fact. i'm pretty sure i can buy a house much cheaper in nc than i can in sf.

i cannot understand how this response has anything to do with the link quoted.

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originally posted by hm2vikingrn viewpost.gif

you might find this interesting. the inequality trust has posted a slideshow that shows how states with the greatest income inequality (read rtw states) have the worst outcomes.

http://www.equalitytrust.org.uk/resources/slides

i cannot understand how this response has anything to do with the link quoted.

why are you using a united kingdom blog to prove anything about the usa?

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