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Looking for any guidance anyone might offer me about starting a union presence in a nonprofit healthcare org in northern New Mexico. In the 8 months I've been at my current job (RN), we have seen some pretty astounding behavior from upper management including last-minute mandatory unpaid trainings, unannounced changes to duties and job descriptions without appropriate training, surprise cuts to PTO and benefits, and the like. I'm paid salary, but my hourly colleagues get a lot of pressure to work overtime without pay. Turnover is huge, which makes for patient safety issues, quality problems, and logistical/organizational headaches. Anyway. There is interest among clinical and non-clinical staff in collective bargaining, and I have no idea where to start. My last RN job (in another state) was in large federally qualified health center represented by AFSCME. I don't think that would be an option for my current workplace (not FQHC). It's a small organization with several clinics and Any tips?

Looking for any guidance anyone might offer me about starting a union presence in a nonprofit healthcare org in northern New Mexico. In the 8 months I've been at my current job (RN), we have seen some pretty astounding behavior from upper management including last-minute mandatory unpaid trainings, unannounced changes to duties and job descriptions without appropriate training, surprise cuts to PTO and benefits, and the like. I'm paid salary, but my hourly colleagues get a lot of pressure to work overtime without pay. Turnover is huge, which makes for patient safety issues, quality problems, and logistical/organizational headaches. Anyway. There is interest among clinical and non-clinical staff in collective bargaining, and I have no idea where to start. My last RN job (in another state) was in large federally qualified health center represented by AFSCME. I don't think that would be an option for my current workplace (not FQHC). It's a small organization with several clinics and Any tips?

Not sure why this one bugs me so much, but I wince at "chloro-hexidine" for chlorhexidine.

Hi everyone, after some intense and awful wrangling I have decided to give up my spot, so here's to hoping that one of you waitlisters gets it! I just wasn't ready to take out over 40k in private loans. I'm probably going to apply again next year and try to save up (and do better scholarship research) in the meantime. In any case, I'm sad I won't be meeting you in real life this year, but thanks to all of you for your wisdom and ideas. And good luck to the waitlisters!

Hi all! Finally signing in after a month or so of lurking around this forum... for those people joining the summer cohort, can I pick your brains about financial aid? What kind of plans do you have? I was accepted into the summer cohort and was super excited about it but I was disappointed, nay, depressed, to get the letter from Financial Aid. The Stafford loans I'm eligible for ($1375 sub plus $1750 unsub per term) won't go very far AT ALL, and I have zero savings (and, yes, previous student debt on top of that). Baed on what I've heard about how intense the program is, I'm NOT planning on working while enrolled. I expected to have to go the private loan route to cover some costs, but the size of the loan I'd be looking at is terrifying. I would feel like a crazy person to pass up this opportunity, but at this point I'm really not sure. Does anyone have some wisdom for me? Anyone?