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http://www.youtube.com/user/TCCAngelofMercy Registered Nurses at Terence Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center in New York present pink roses and prayers to the Madonna on November 5, 2008. Represented by the New York State Nurses Association, the RN's are concerned about the facilities plan to replace experienced Registered Nurses with LPN's which will decrease the level of skilled nursing care the patients are receiving. Terence Cardinal Cooke, a member of Catholic Health Care System is also planning to replace RN's in the speciality hospital, a one of a kind of unit that treats developmentally disabled children. Please visit our web site at http://www.nysna.org/news/t... for more information on our fight to keep our patients safe.

http://www.ohnurses.org/am/template.cfm?section=news&template=/cm/contentdisplay.cfm&contentid=2383 ohio rns are being denied a choice for union representation nurses rely on the ohio nurses association for guidance, strength, protection and promotion of their profession at the workplace, and ona is deeply committed to their economic and general welfare. ona is not only the premier professional association for ohio's registered nurses, it is also the union for the thousands of nurses who have chosen ona for representation through its economic & general welfare program. nurse educators, health care researchers, and other scholars recognize the important role unions can play in advancing professional nursing and improving patient care, as do the members of the ohio nurses association. that is why so many of them have opted to organize for collective bargaining. nine hospitals operated by catholic healthcare partners in ohio are allowing the service employees international union (seiu) to hold uncontested union elections on march 12-14. the rns at these hospitals did not ask to be represented by seiu. they did not even know an election was being held until two weeks ago when they received a letter signed by both hospital management and the union. the nurses are not being given the opportunity to choose a professional nurses' union, such as the ohio nurses association, which would truly represent their interests. help protect the rights of ohio rns to choose the union that will best represent them by supporting us in our effort to allow rns in ohio to have an actual choice about who represents them. if you would like additional information about this issue or how you can help, please contact brett anderson, economic & general welfare program director, at 614-448-1021 or [email protected]. thank you for your support!

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ohio rns are being denied a choice for union representation nine hospitals operated by catholic healthcare partners in ohio are delivering their registered nurses to the service employees international union (seiu) by holding uncontested union elections on march 12-14. these rns did not ask to be represented by seiu. they did not even know an election was being held until two weeks ago when they received a letter signed by both hospital management and the union. the nurses are not being given the opportunity to choose a professional nurses' union, such as the ohio nurses association, which would truly represent their interests. less than 2% of seiu members are rns. suggested message to: catholic health association, u.s. conference of catholic bishops there is a crisis in the state of ohio that demands your attention. the registered nurses at nine ohio hospitals, operated by the catholic healthcare partners, are in effect being forced into the service employees international union, a trade union that will not adequately represent their interests. they did not ask to be represented by this union and are not being given the opportunity to choose a professional nurses' union. the nurses at these hospitals did not even know there would be a union election until two weeks ago, when they received a letter signed by the chp and seiu. less than 2% of seiu members are registered nurses. rns unionize to improve patient care through contracts that ensure safe staffing and promote recruitment and retention of nurses. to achieve these goals, they need a professional nurses' union. as organizations that support the rights of workers across the world, i find it hard to believe that the catholic health association or the u.s. conference of catholic bishops would support this plan. i urge you to use your voice and your influence to allow the registered nurses in ohio to have a genuine choice about who represents them. [/b]ohio rns are being denied a choice for union representation help protect the rights of ohio rns to choose the union that will best represent them. the accompanying message can be used in e-mails of support. copy (or cut and paste) the suggested message content for your correspondence, and customize as desired. the messages will be forwarded to the catholic health association, the u.s. conference of catholic bishops, and ohio nurses. please spread the word! we have only a few short days to turn this around!

http://www.nysna.org/news/web_exclusive/071206.htm nlrb decisions could strip many rns of the right to unionize | online exclusive | departments and services | nysna nlrb decisions could strip many rns of the right to unionize contact your congress members today! this week has been designated a week of action to demand the nlrb hear oral arguments from unions and workers on how the impending nlrb decisions could affect them. the board has not heard oral arguments from unions on any issue for the past five years, so pressure is required. call your senator and u.s. representative and tell them to urge the nlrb to hear oral arguments before taking an action that could affect thousands of lives. take action please urge your members of congress to tell chairman battista to listen for a change and hear oral arguments in the kentucky river cases. use the folloiwing link to send your legislators a message today! e-activist online resourceread a speech on this issue by rep. carolyn mccarthy (d-nassau county) three cases currently pending at the national labor relations board could have a significant impact on workers' rights to form and join unions in this country. the cases are often referred to as the "kentucky river" decisions because they will serve to clarify issues left open by the u.s. supreme court's kentucky river decision in 2001. the three cases are: oakwood healthcare inc., golden crest healthcare center and croft metals, inc. they deal respectively with rns acting as charge nurses in a hospital; charge nurses (rns and lpns) in a long-term care facility; and "leadmen" and "load supervisors" in a manufacturing facility. the three decisions, which are expected to be announced this summer, will affect the way the term "supervisor" is interpreted by the board. a broad interpretation of who is a "supervisor" could allow employers to strip an estimated 300,000 nurses nationwide of their their rights to union protection. supervisors do not have protected rights under the national labor relations act to form and join unions and employers often try to classify workers as supervisors in order to deny them the right to union representation. workers who delegate tasks to lesser-skilled employees are particularly vulnerable to reclassification. for example, registered nurses who tell nurse's aides to perform certain tasks for particular patients are in real danger of being categorized as supervisors under a new interpretation of the law. the workers most likely to be affected are "team leaders," such as charge nurses, head nurses, and other rns who work under similar titles. the american hospital association has filed a brief with the board urging it to adopt a broad interpretation that would allow employers to reclassify many employees as supervisors. this would shrink or wipe out existing bargaining units and strip the freedom to organize from hundreds of thousands of nonunion workers. the board has refused, however, to hear oral arguments from unions.