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  1. Agency owners getting rich off the backs of nurses?

    -jt posted a topic in Agency Nurses

    Doesnt it just make you sick?????? This entire article is all about how lucrative travel agencies are...... for the OWNERS of the travel agencies! And about what great timing the owners had to be...

  2. One Group of RNs Launches Public Awareness Campaign

    -jt posted a topic in Activism, Healthcare

    somebody here jokingly mentioned we should all put signs out on our lawns for RN unity. Well, NJ RNs actually are doing it! And much more..... For immediate release: NJ Nurses Launch Massive Public...

  3. Nurses House - a national fund for nurses in need.

    -jt posted a topic in New York Nursing

    Nurses House - a national fund for nurses in need. Nurses House Issues State-to-State Challenge! A dollar from every nurse... When hardship strikes, it is especially difficult for those of us...

  4. Scripps Encinitas is an OPEN SHOP, CNA loses "union security clause"

    -jt replied to Sherwood's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    That might work if you are not a union, because administration can just do whatever it wants to non-union employees anyway with or without your agreement & they could just then implement anything...

  5. Scripps Encinitas is an OPEN SHOP, CNA loses "union security clause"

    -jt replied to Sherwood's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    So basically the nurses would have gotten the same exact thing from day one, all on their own, without all the upheaval? Why did those nurses even try to unionize in the first place if most of them...

  6. Union nurses join forces at NY State Capital

    -jt replied to mark hamel's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    and a couple of weeks before that event was this one: NYSNA REPORT: April 2006 More than 1,200 RNs Storm State Capitol NYSNA Lobby Day a huge success by Nancy J.Webber It was an event of historic...

  7. Hospital policy vs. nurse's union contract

    -jt replied to MA Nurse's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    When an item isnt mentioned in the contract, the contract is "silent" on it, & hospital policy prevails. When an item is in the contract, the contract prevails - even if it is different from the...

  8. Spotlight on Union RNs

    -jt posted a topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Spotlight on Union RNs Staff nurses around the country are changing nursing for the better For Stanna Laprath and her fellow RNs and MSWs, it came down to respect. Management at St. Luke's...

  9. Union

    -jt replied to ER Tigger Girl's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Chicago BSN 2005 writes: This might help but its alot of other data to get through to find what youre looking for: For nurses, having a union means many things, not the least of which is earning 15.6...

  10. Nnoc

    -jt replied to lee1's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Geek, Nurses in Hawaii who had first hand experience with one of the organizations youre asking about tell about it in the following thread:...

  11. Nnoc

    -jt replied to lee1's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    I can tell you about the UAN but youll get more detailed info from our website http://www.UANnurse.org Karen got it right except that the UAN is not part of the ANA. It was initially created by staff...

  12. Nnoc

    -jt replied to lee1's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    heres a couple to add to your list, Karen California Nurses Association Targets ANA Members http://www.missourinurses.org/pdf/cna_response.pdf NNOC's Hype to Nurses...

  13. Right to work states

    -jt replied to louloubell1's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    > And of those, despite the anti-union right to work laws, nurses in the following right to work states have unionized with the United American Nurses/AFL-CIO national RN union anyway: Alabama,...

  14. Why no Union in Louisiana for Nurses?

    -jt replied to lcwiney's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Its illegal to be fired for unionizing, but the threat is usually enough to intimidate RNs into forgetting the idea. Especially in the South where the "right to work" laws allow the employer to lord...

  15. Trying to Bust a Strike

    -jt replied to Town & Country's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    NYSNA REPORT: October/November 2004 Union-busting industry feeds on lies, distortions by Mark Genovese To the public, they portray themselves as "labor," "legal," or "management" consultants....

  16. All NY State ADN's and Students

    -jt replied to Energizer Bunny's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    >> >> Just to clear up a couple of things, it was not NYSNA that proposed this change. In fact, NYSNA has written OPPOSITION to it & is lobbying in Albany against it. It wasnt...

  17. overtime law

    -jt posted a topic in General Nursing

    Petition to save Overtime Pay President Bush is about to finalize changes in the laws governing overtime pay that could take away overtime pay from at least 8 million people --- RNs and LPNs...

  18. rent in nyc

    -jt replied to szccdw's topic in New York Nursing

    > Most of us dont live in

  19. critical care pay

    -jt replied to RN92's topic in General Nursing

    I agree. I work in critical care & dont believe there should be a differential for that work either. Nursing in any area nowadays is just as hard as critical care. Because of insufficient...

  20. Jenna Bush..... teaching in NYC?

    -jt replied to Ari RN's topic in New York Nursing

    For those of you who are not in NYC, have you seen Harlem in the last few years? Its being rejuvenated back to its glory days. If she lived in Harlem, her Daddy would have to pay her rent cause she...

  21. Cast Your Vote for Most Powerful People in Healthcare

    -jt replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    They may be working in healthcare but not all of the names on that list up there are actually

  22. Overtime hikes nursing errors, study shows

    -jt replied to Kiwi's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    > So theyre saying that we dont get out on time & we end up staying an average of 55 minutes past our shift --- and we make more errors when we work more than 12 hrs --- so we should have...

  23. contract settled

    -jt replied to husker-nurse's topic in General Nursing

    >>> "the temps"? You mean the nurses who were so willing to backstab other nurses by crossing their strike line that they were already there chomping at the bit waiting in the wings? No I...

  24. See the Allnurses booth #536 at ANA 2004 Convention: June 26-29 in Minneapolis, MN

    -jt replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    the allnurses.com booth was still being set up when I stopped by, but I got to meet Brian. (what a good looking

  25. Taking away your Time and a Half!

    -jt replied to efy2178's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    > How can someone read that & say it proves "our overtime is safe"? The statement above clearly states that RNs would be exempt from getting any overtime pay. That means if you are an RN, your...