Chico David

Chico David BSN, RN

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  1. Hiring for strike

    Chico David replied to netglow's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    We have a confluence of things happening right now: 1. Empoyers around the country attempting to take advantage of the weak economy to roll back pay and benefits for nurses, even when the employers...

  2. Funniest/strangest dementia patient stories

    Chico David replied to Angie O'Plasty's topic in Nursing Humor

    OK, so this reminds me. One of our cardiologist is a great big muscular guy - ex-football player, with a sort of dark, glowering presence and a very soft, almost inaudible voice most of the time. He...

  3. Money Won't Buy You Health Insurance

    Chico David replied to StNeotser's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I can't really blame the insurers for doing what they do. They are for-profit companies and exist for one reason only: to make money. The directors of such a company are required to do all they...

  4. Funniest/strangest dementia patient stories

    Chico David replied to Angie O'Plasty's topic in Nursing Humor

    My good friend Paula is long time ICU nurse with a voice that one might say carries pretty well. She has a patient who is one day post heart surgery and what was probably a little very mild dementia...

  5. Would you ever be a scab?

    Chico David replied to klone's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    What a sad and cynical view of life. I prefer to believe - based on my own experience - that many of us are willing and able to look beyond immediate selfishness and see that in fact we all do better...

  6. Nursing strike?

    Chico David replied to Simply Complicated's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    I'd be worried about any nurse who didn't have some qualms about striking. It ought to be rare. It ought not to be done lightly. It ought to be reserved for the most extreme situations. But if we are...

  7. Strike nursing

    Chico David replied to trulefty's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    "lost their effectiveness"? Not my union. We've not only won major legal protections for nurses, but the best pay and benefits in the world. If you looked on my dues as an investment, and evaluated it...

  8. Right To Work States, hospitals are unionizing

    Chico David replied to Mindful's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Actually, anyone who does even a little bit of research can rapidly find that unionized workers consistently have better benefits and make more money that non-union. The difference is far more than...

  9. Strike nursing

    Chico David replied to trulefty's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    When we were negotiating our first contract after we unionized, the negotiations dragged on for a long time and were not going that well. A long-time patient whom I had know for some years was in the...

  10. Nursing strike?

    Chico David replied to Simply Complicated's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    I've never actually been in a strike, though we did take a strike vote during our negotiations in 2006 and came right to the brink of actually giving notice to strike. In our case, making the threat...

  11. Trouble at NYSNA?! Pension-Benefits-Staff Strike???

    Chico David replied to Johnny Union RN's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    I have absolutely no knowledge of the NYSNA situation one way or the other, since I'm on the other side of the country. So this comment should not be construed as agreeing or disagreeing with what...

  12. Top 10 Reasons Against Unions

    Chico David replied to PICUPNP's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    As chief steward at my hospital, I handle a lot of the disciplinary stuff here. I'd freely admit that the majority of nurses who are disciplined have not been perfect. But only a tiny percentage are...

  13. Top 10 Reasons Against Unions

    Chico David replied to PICUPNP's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    It's sadly true that not all unions are effective, or democratic or really fight for their members. There are great unions, OK unions, and not so good unions. And, in a really big union like SEIU,...

  14. Money Won't Buy You Health Insurance

    Chico David replied to StNeotser's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    So here's my story, in the same vein: I am super healthy cardiac rehab nurse who practices what I preach to patients. Normal weight, low cholesterol, never smoked, etc. A few years ago, I had...

  15. What would you do

    Chico David replied to SashaO's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I'm the hard-core, worker's rights union guy, and I would agree with the majority here who say this is not something to report. Sounds to me like someone having a bad day. Let it go and move on with...

  16. Right To Work States, hospitals are unionizing

    Chico David replied to Mindful's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    That's a few weeks back, but still pretty exciting news. For those who don't know: States have the option of passing so-called "right to work" laws, which ban a union shop contract. Under a union...

  17. To unionize or not...

    Chico David replied to TravelinCEN's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Beyond a doubt. Magnet status is several things: 1 A money maker for the agency that confers it. 2. A marketing tool for the hospital 3. A way of giving nurses the illusion of some power and voice to...

  18. To unionize or not...

    Chico David replied to TravelinCEN's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    That's actually not true. The ANA as such does no collective bargaining at all and is now largely an organization of management and academic nurses. Even long ago, all the collective bargaining...

  19. Top 10 Reasons Against Unions

    Chico David replied to PICUPNP's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Unfortunately, the super-rich and those who do their bidding in this country have done a wonderful job of dividing working Americans against each other and distracting them from the people who have...

  20. To unionize or not...

    Chico David replied to TravelinCEN's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    "The union" has nothing to do with the kind of things you describe. It's simply crappy and incompetent management. The idea that someone could not be required to bathe unless it was in the...

  21. To unionize or not...

    Chico David replied to TravelinCEN's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    The single most professional thing a nurse can do is to band together with others to control their professional life. You could get a lot of argument and different opinions about what makes a...

  22. Top 10 Reasons Against Unions

    Chico David replied to PICUPNP's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    As you say it is coming. One small correction though: NNU is rather more than an offshoot of CNA. CNA was a one-state union until 2004 when we decided to go national and created NNOC -National...

  23. Top 10 Reasons Against Unions

    Chico David replied to PICUPNP's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    This is a classic divide and conquer maneuver by the ultra-rich and politicians of both parties who serve them. First you take away something from one group of workers (a lot of private sector workers...

  24. Being forced to work while sick

    Chico David replied to phosphorus's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    It's my ongoing theme, but this is another one of those cases where the backing of a union and contract make all the difference. Managers still may try to use guilt trips on you, but we can blunt the...

  25. What is your personal health insurance coverage like?

    Chico David replied to charly-iris's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    That would be a terrible plan and your hospital should be ashamed. I'm per diem, so I'm not covered in our hospital's plan, but we have a $250 annual deductible per individual, $500 per family - not...