Julia RN

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  1. Letter to Congress: ANA "Safe Staffing Saves Lives" campaign

    Julia RN replied to marie-francoise's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    you're talking about two different bills here- i agree with all your comments concerning the ana staffing bill- s.73/hr.4138. i like to call it the "ana/aha" bill. i am lobbying for h.r. 2123- which...

  2. INCREDIBLE CNA/NNOC victory in Houston.

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

    Yep- You're on your own vs. We're in this together. And I prefer the latter. Chico- interesting that your post makes an argument for the industrial model (as in all healthcare workers in the same...

  3. Unite nurses, don't divide us

    Julia RN replied to klbackus's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Nothing is clear, and none of us are privy to all the discussions. I received a copy of a letter in an email from a listserv I subscribe to dated May 7, from John Sweeney to Andy Stern. The letter was...

  4. INCREDIBLE CNA/NNOC victory in Houston.

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

    While the "rate" of union membership remained the same in 07 when compared to 06, union membership increased by 311,000 to 15.7 million wage and salary workers in 2007. "The number of...

  5. Unite nurses, don't divide us

    Julia RN replied to klbackus's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    I thought this thread might be a good place to attempt to have a discussion about broader principles, but it is turning into the same old story. The numbers fight- the quest to be top dog. The...

  6. Celebrate Nurses Week by Calling for Safe Staffing!!

    Julia RN posted a topic in Activism, Healthcare

    keep the food and flowers. call your representative in congress ask them to support safe staffing during national nurses week! here's how: 1. find out if your representative is a co-sponsor of the...

  7. Unite nurses, don't divide us

    Julia RN replied to klbackus's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    "during national nurses week and throughout the year, seiu nurses feel we should be united, not divided --with other nurses, with other healthcare workers, with patient care advocates--to work for...

  8. Celebrate Nurses Week by Calling for Safe Staffing!

    Julia RN replied to Julia RN's topic in General Nursing

    You're welcome. Was reading post about the ratios in LTC- had no idea how bad it was. We really need to legislation to address staffing in those facilitiies- as well as home care, schools, etc. This...

  9. Celebrate Nurses Week by Calling for Safe Staffing!

    Julia RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Keep the food and flowers. Call your Representative in Congress ask them to support safe staffing during National Nurses Week! Here's how: 1. Find out if your Representative is a co-sponsor of the...

  10. Letter to Congress: ANA "Safe Staffing Saves Lives" campaign

    Julia RN replied to marie-francoise's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Interesting.. I just read the Californis bill from 99- I didn't realize that it did not specify the ratios and that the numbers were really up to the

  11. Letter to Congress: ANA "Safe Staffing Saves Lives" campaign

    Julia RN replied to marie-francoise's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    RN Power- I don't have your legal training, and perhaps lack the patience to read a bill that is 20 pages long...but I'm not sure that our legislators would either. (And many judge bills based on...

  12. Safe Staffing Saves Lives - ANA has started a campaign for us

    Julia RN replied to BrokenRNheart's topic in General Nursing

    Amen! Such a movement will have to come from direct care nurses in a grass roots framework. IMO- many of these organizations are too bureaucratic to let go of their competing agendas and egos. A group...

  13. Labor Leader Silent on Union-Busting in Ohio Hospitals

    Julia RN replied to unionwoman's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Agree with the previous post that the SEIU/NNOC dispute has sparked many discussions in the labor movement concerning broader issues and principles. Here's a link to a blog which I favor. I feel the...

  14. Safe Staffing Saves Lives - ANA has started a campaign for us

    Julia RN replied to BrokenRNheart's topic in General Nursing

    the ana supported bill is not the only federal staffing bill out there and ana is not the only national organization addressing this issue. there is another (better, imo) option to take action on...

  15. Labor's Self-Inflicted Wounds Threaten Progressive Movement

    Julia RN posted a topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    posted april 17, 2008 | 08:14 pm (est by peter dreier and kelly candaele "just as we are on the precipice of a major political realignment, a possible resurgence of progressive politics in washington,...

  16. SHORT SURVEY ON STAFFING LEVELS: Please take a minute for UAN to collect

    Julia RN replied to BrokenRNheart's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    H.R. 2123 is nothing like the ANA bill. The only "wiggle room" is to provide more nurses than specified in the minimum ratios. The UAN supported bill would require hospitals to implement staffing...

  17. Study: Nurse staffing ratio hasn't improved patient care

    Julia RN replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Thought this was a pretty comprehensive document

  18. SHORT SURVEY ON STAFFING LEVELS: Please take a minute for UAN to collect

    Julia RN replied to BrokenRNheart's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    The UAN has been caring about staffing ratios (and more) since its inception. At its first National Labor Assembly meeting in 2000, UAN delegates launched a year-long public awareness campaign on the...

  19. SHORT SURVEY ON STAFFING LEVELS: Please take a minute for UAN to collect

    Julia RN replied to BrokenRNheart's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    You can reply annonymously by using the pdf link on the survey page. Just print it and mail or fax it to the UAN. Your zipcode is the only personal information that is requested on the

  20. Discussion: A SEAT AT THE TABLE: 50 YEARS OF PROGRESS

    Julia RN replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    IMO- One of the most influential events is documented under a photo on page five: (1946 ANA House of Delegates mtg) Representatives from traditional trade unions were waiting on the sidewalk outside...

  21. MICHIGAN: Safe Patient Care

    Julia RN replied to BrokenRNheart's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The list is actually longer than that- add the Minnesota Nurses Asscociation and the New York State Nurses Association. There are others as well. The UAN is also supporting national staffing ratio...

  22. MICHIGAN: Safe Patient Care

    Julia RN replied to BrokenRNheart's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The Michigan bill does have ratios: http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2007-2008/billintroduced/House/htm/2007-HIB-4339.htm Within 3 years after the effective date of the amendatory act that...

  23. Letter to Congress: ANA "Safe Staffing Saves Lives" campaign

    Julia RN replied to marie-francoise's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The ANA supported bill is not the only federal staffing bill out there and ANA is not the only national organization addressing this issue. There is another (better, IMO) option to take action on...

  24. New Mt Sinai Contract For Nysna?

    Julia RN replied to nyforlove's topic in New York Nursing

    From nysna.org: Mount Sinai nurses approve new contract MANHATTAN, March 24, 2008 – A new three-year contract was ratified on March 20 by registered nurses at Mount Sinai Hospital. The 1,900 nurses...

  25. SEIU Vote at Ohio Catholic Healthcare Partners

    Julia RN posted a topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    from http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2008/03/03/daily10.html?ana=from_rss mercy part of catholic healthcare partners-seiu union vote business courier of cincinnati employees at mercy...