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klbackus

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  1. Unite nurses, don't divide us

    klbackus posted a 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...

  2. Incredible CNA/NNOC Loss In California!

    klbackus replied to Sherwood's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    I'm sorry to hear that the nurses voted against having a stronger voice through a union. But it's really not a surprise--CNA leaders have been spending so much of their time and members' dues...

  3. Was that legal?

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

    This is very common and is just a drop in the bucket in what hospitals will do to prevent nurses from forming a union. Some of what is done is legally permissible, sometimes not. It's a much different...

  4. Unite nurses, don't divide us

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

    I admit, I'm fairly new at the blogoshere. I get frustrated with typing in tiny windows and deciphering emotions via smileys :loveya: and not-so-smileys :angryfire. I'd much rather talk to someone...

  5. Unite nurses, don't divide us

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

    Julia, I appreciate your comments. I agree with you in many ways and I hope there is a resolution to the SEIU/CNA debate soon. My apologies for not responding to you earlier about the New York...

  6. Unite nurses, don't divide us

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

    not so fast, chico david rn. the overwhelming majority of rns didn't buy what the cna was peddling. they could see through the false promises of california wages and pensions that cna/nnoc has never...

  7. April 23rd and 24th California Nurses Association Decertification Election is ON!

    klbackus replied to Sherwood's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    according to the press release from the hospital: for months, the cna has been mounting campaigns to persuade seiu nurses to decertify their union in hospitals in states including california, ohio,...

  8. INCREDIBLE CNA/NNOC victory in Houston.

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

    This week registered nurses at Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas voted out the CNA as their union in an election. The decision by Scripps nurses to eject the CNA follows contract negotiations that...

  9. SEIU vs. CNA this week at my hospital

    klbackus replied to CABG patch kid's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    there's been a lot of back and forth about what actually transpired at the labor notes conference in dearborn, michigan. i wasn't there, but registered nurse dian palmer, president of seiu healthcare...

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

    klbackus replied to unionwoman's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Not according to the Houston Chronicle, "Union is wary of its new rival on the scene / An area leader says California Nurses group is `raiding' her

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

    klbackus replied to unionwoman's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    There's still more legal action against CNA pending, including an anti-SLAPP (which stands for strategic lawsuit against public participation) motion claiming that CNA sought the restraining order to...

  12. SEIU vs. CNA this week at my hospital

    klbackus replied to CABG patch kid's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    A California Superior court threw out the temporary restraining order today, dismissing it as another one of CNA's publicity stunts. See

  13. SEIU vs. CNA this week at my hospital

    klbackus replied to CABG patch kid's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    yeah, this nurse and respiratory therapist are real bullies. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngw2qjtgw4i they were just asking the cna leaders why their organization interfered in the union election of...

  14. April 23rd and 24th California Nurses Association Decertification Election is ON!

    klbackus replied to Sherwood's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Maybe if CNA spent less time trying to interfere in union elections of 8,000 hospital employees in Ohio or attempting to decertify nurses represented by other unions across the country they could...

  15. CNA's Union-Busting in Ohio-An Open Letter

    klbackus replied to LindaKirby's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    My heart goes out to Linda and the other RNs at Catholic Health Partners who have had their dreams shattered by CNA--a so-call patient advocacy organization and so-called union. My nursing career has...

  16. SEIU Vote at Ohio Catholic Healthcare Partners

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

    My nursing career has been dedicated to advancing nurses' voices in our hospitals, our communities, our state legislatures and in Congress. I've chosen to work with the Service Employees International...