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1. Anyone Staffed Strikes?

   pday replied to nurseyperson's topic in Travel

   Four thoughts; 1) Nurses who are organized have a powerful opportunity to move the quality care agenda forward. They have a right to bargain over terms and conditions of their empoyment- which includes workload issues such as nurse-patient ratios. Th...

2. Anyone Staffed Strikes?

   pday replied to nurseyperson's topic in Travel

   Whoops, it was Lita that made the ANA comment, sorry for the confusion.

3. Anyone Staffed Strikes?

   pday replied to nurseyperson's topic in Travel

   Lita, Do you mean to say you 'cut your own deals' regarding your pay? Tell us more. Nurseyperson; I believe unions that represent nurses have bylaws that require voting by rank and file members in order to strike, usually a 2/3 majority. Members also...

4. Anyone Staffed Strikes?

   pday replied to nurseyperson's topic in Travel

   It's a difficult and painful decision for nurses to strike; in most instances, they are trying to obtain solutions for nightmarish staffing conditions and quality of care issues. They are often up against arrogant bottom line managed care systems. Nu...

5. unions for nurses

   pday replied to MAPalumbo's topic in General Nursing

   I've worked in hospitals were nurses were organized, and am currently working in a hospital in the middle of an organizing campaign. The benefits of being organized are enormous in terms of salaries, working conditions, and nurse empowerment. My curr...