Sherwood

Sherwood

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  1. Mt. Sinai Hospital Chicago RN's Reject CNA/NNOC Representation

    Sherwood posted a topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Mt. Sinai RN's voted 152 to 293 AGAINST union respresentation by the California Nurse Association/ National Nurses Organizing Comittee. Congratulations on keeping the Profession

  2. Mt. Sinai Hospital Chicago RN's Reject CNA/NNOC Representation

    Sherwood replied to Sherwood's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The NNOC is no young union!!! It is a branch of California Nurses Association and they have been around for YEARS. The CNA is having a hard time fooling the nurses in California anymore so has had to...

  3. Mt. Sinai Hospital Chicago RN's Reject CNA/NNOC Representation

    Sherwood replied to Sherwood's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I was contacted by RN's there through my website many months ago and have kept in touch ever since. They let me know via email once the votes were counted. They actual election was held June but the...

  4. Mt. Sinai Hospital Chicago RN's Reject CNA/NNOC Representation

    Sherwood replied to Sherwood's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I guess you ment Chamber of Commerce? They don't consider themselves a Labor Union either and membership is purely voluntary. Here is some links to their website and their position on unions....

  5. Mt. Sinai Hospital Chicago RN's Reject CNA/NNOC Representation

    Sherwood replied to Sherwood's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I could not find in a google search what the Chamber of Congress is. I looked up the NFIB which calls themselves a small business advocacy group. Membership is voluntary and they think pretty poorly...

  6. California Nurses Association Loses in 2nd attempt to organize Western Medical Center

    Sherwood posted a topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Nurses voted 170 to 149 NOT to unionize with the California Nurses Association. This was the 2nd attempt by the CNA to organize at WMCSA. CNA organizers made it very clear that there will be...

  7. Nursing and unionization...

    Sherwood replied to dzadzey's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I am not a paid "union buster". I am a bedside nurse. I am not sure why you say my "arguments make no sense coming from a bedside nurse." Why is that? The majority of bedside nurses at my hospital...

  8. Nursing and unionization...

    Sherwood replied to dzadzey's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The electoral process can be manipulated and in effect deny the expression of voters intent. (witness the Florida election fiasco of 2000.) Coercion by management is a real phenomenon. Quote: The...

  9. Nursing and unionization...

    Sherwood replied to dzadzey's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I am sure most of us can find quotes from "reliable sources" that agree or disagree with whatever point we are trying to make. You quote AFLCIO data, I quote AHA data... it goes on and on. The way I...

  10. ICU Experience

    Sherwood replied to emsjunkie.2004's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Good point! While being a nurses aid, LVN, Lab assistant or EMT does provide a great background, experience is what gives you the ablity to note that subtle change in your patients condition that can...

  11. Do experienced nurses really eat their young?

    Sherwood replied to whit717's topic in General Nursing

    I prefer not to eat the young nurses.....to soft and need a lot of seasoning. No challenge either. They also cry or whine when you take the first bite or two. I wait until they have aged bit then...

  12. ICU Experience

    Sherwood replied to emsjunkie.2004's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    If ER is where you really want to be then by all means go to ER. If you think ICU/CCU might also be in the cards then start in ICU. I am an ICU/CCU Nurse and a Trauma Clinician so I get to spend time...

  13. California Nurses Association Loses in 2nd attempt to organize Western Medical Center

    Sherwood replied to Sherwood's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    how cool you pulled that right out of a cna or teamsters manual. the california nurses association pulled just about all those tricks at western medical center santa ana. front line soldiers? they...

  14. California Nurses Association Loses in 2nd attempt to organize Western Medical Center

    Sherwood replied to Sherwood's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I did lead a campaign to keep the CNA out of my hospital. I never intimidated anyone. Our management never fired anyone over their union opinion. The intimidation I saw came purely from the pro-union...

  15. California Nurses Association Loses in 2nd attempt to organize Western Medical Center

    Sherwood replied to Sherwood's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I had to add this update: April 24th 2007 - The California Nurses Association has withdrawn its petition to represent Registered Nurses at Western Medical Center Santa Ana. After losing in an NLRB...

  16. Nurses' Unions

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

    We have got to talk.........You are so right on! Thank you!

  17. California Nurses Association Loses in 2nd attempt to organize Western Medical Center

    Sherwood replied to Sherwood's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The CNA already announces their wins so I don't need to. I have announced it when nurses lost to the CNA on my website many times. You referred to Scripps, I believe you mean Scripps Encinitas? While...

  18. California Nurses Association Loses in 2nd attempt to organize Western Medical Center

    Sherwood replied to Sherwood's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Have you ever noticed that when the California Nurses Association is organizing a hospital they don't announce it? Have you ever noticed that no where on their website do they mention that they LOST...

  19. California Nurses Association Loses in 2nd attempt to organize Western Medical Center

    Sherwood replied to Sherwood's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Point well taken Lizz. I will just get to the point and get out. I think the announcement was important

  20. Some Tri-City nurses petition to decertify union (North County Times)

    Sherwood replied to Nursing News's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I think it is important to note that the CNA made a deceptive announcement on their website regarding the contract obtained for the nurses at Tri-City Medical Center. Tri-City RNs Settle with...

  21. CNA Membership, would you put it on your resume?

    Sherwood posted a topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I was helping a friend with a resume and we were listing professional memberships. We wondered if anyone would list membership in the California Nurses Association on a resume or mention it during a...

  22. How can we start the decertification process

    Sherwood replied to Seeker79's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Hello Seeker, Glad to see you are trying to improve things for nurses. You can start a petition drive by just asking staff RN's to sign your petition. Make sure you know who can vote. Managers and...

  23. Inland Valley Hospital sets vote date to Decertify the California Nurses Association

    Sherwood posted a topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Registered Nurses at Inland Valley Hospital in Riverside County California will vote on keeping or decertifying the California Nurses Association as their collective bargaining agent. The vote is set...

  24. Inland Valley Hospital sets vote date to Decertify the California Nurses Association

    Sherwood replied to Sherwood's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Thank you Spacenurse, you beat me to it. I logged on to post this link and you found it first. This is such great news. It has revitalized so many grassroots groups to get their petitions going. I...

  25. Inland Valley Hospital sets vote date to Decertify the California Nurses Association

    Sherwood replied to Sherwood's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Nurses at Inland Valley Hospital in Wildomar California Voted to decertify the CNA. The vote was 113 to 95 The CNA is of course disrespecting the Nurses at Inland Valley and contesting the results....