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Why don't any of you respond to OBGRN's comments? They are well contructed ideas that are actually based on reality... SERIOUSLY. They aren't gung-ho "war tactics." This bulletin board is a sad reminder of how much work needs to be done in educating our own. :stone

once again, the brooding cloud of ignorance many of you have presented never ceases to amaze me. i have apparently incited a frenzy of uninformed and insidious jack----. the thread i posted was not a moral inquery (ie nurses vs. corporate), rather an observation which disheartened me. i am an active member of pna-opeiu local union 112 currently on strike. nrskarenrn, i'm not contesting your mandation argument, even though the majority of other facilities empower their staff members to make their own decisions regarding such matters. when the going gets tough you have absolutely no ground to stand on, however, in regards to my comments on celebrating the vote outcome on monday. think of this analogy, and tell me (dare i ask) what you think: your dear child's life has been taken after being brutally beaten and raped. the perpetrator is arrested, convicted and sentenced to death by lethal injection. you and your spouse decide to attend the execution. the clock strikes midnight as you look towards the chamber. the combination of sodium thiopental, pavulon and potassium chloride are administered and within minutes the man who murdered your daughter is dead. you: a. cheer and dance around like a damn fool, passing out leftover cigars from the strike vote or b. sense closure to a horrific event, knowing that your child's life is irreplaceable. ediited due to tos violation. pm to member. karen

Hello everyone. I would like to express my sadness towards the exuberence displayed at yesterday's vote. Upon the announcement of the collaborative bargaining rejection, several union members erupted in cheer and celebration, one even had the audacity to pass out cigars. As a relatively new RN, it is unfortunate to see such a lack of compassion and the ignorance displayed. Where is the victory? These people malign a profession which should be entrenched with empathy and care. As a PNA member, I am deeply offended and humiliated. Not only are several of our own out of work during the holidays, we are also inadvertently causing layoffs and compromising work hours for other employees? Should we be high-fiving each other and rejoicing? You all ought to be ashamed of yourselves.

Hello everyone. I would like to express my sadness towards the exuberence displayed at yesterday's vote. Upon the announcement of the collaborative bargaining rejection, several union members erupted in cheer and celebration, one even had the audacity to pass out cigars. As a relatively new RN, it is unfortunate to see such a lack of compassion and the ignorance displayed. Where is the victory? These people malign a profession which should be entrenched with empathy and care. As a PNA member, I am deeply offended and humiliated. Not only are several of our own out of work during the holidays, we are also inadvertently causing layoffs and compromising work hours for other employees? Should we be high-fiving each other and rejoicing? You all ought to be ashamed of yourselves.