lily2008

From all I've read the CNA doesn't actually do any of its own organizing, heh.

I agree with you for once 46. I was talking with a friend that works for them in Reno the other day and the wage scale they bargained there is ridiculous. You top out at like 34$ per hour but in Vegas its well over 40, for the same hospital chain. I know you can say cost of living or whatever but from what she says Reno isn't 14000$ a year cheaper to live in.

I was wondering the same thing and the only conclusion I can come up with is, and I may be way off, that they HAVE to split it up because one of the CNA's main messages is that they're a union of nurses, by nurses, for nurses. Adding other healthcare workers goes directly against that message so they need to split them up, even if only by name, to retain that mentality. Then again, I may be way off base there.

i think the bold above is very interesting. seems like they're going to have a choice in which union to organize under as the rns filed to join seiu in the past day or so. can you answer this question for me? if the cna-nnoc feels that having the entire hospital organized helps patients why not do it under one union? can you not have seperate articles in the contract address the different issues that pertain to rns v. ancillary?