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  1. Unions - Yay or Nay?

    For those of you have have worked in both union and non-union hospitals - what are the pros and cons? Have any of you worked for a hospital that became unionized while you were there? Pros and Cons? Need honest feedback!
  2. Obama & Unionization at St. Francis

    Now that Obama has won and it is likely that unionization will no longer be secret ballot, how long do you think it will be before St. Frantic, I mean, St. Francis in Memphis is unionized? Just wondering how much people think this will actually chang...
  3. It seems talks about staffing ratios are taking the nation by storm. One group of nurses at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan is taking matters into their own hands. BeaumontNurses.org is a 100 nurse-strong group which has launched a drive to ...
  4. In federal government buildings across the country, public employee unions are being kicked out of offices where they meet with the workers they represent. It's the result of a set of executive orders issued by President Trump in May. Federal unions ...
  5. Unions vs Non Union Hospitals

    I spoke to various people regarding working for union hospitals vs non-union. Some nurses have actually left union hospitals to go work in non union hospitals and even reported better work satisfaction (so they say). Do you feel safer working in...
  6. Obviously, that cop was temperamentally unsuitable for the work. Being a cop, especially in an inner city, requires patience and tact. The burn out must be incredible. Any ER nurse can tell you, cops endure a lot of verbal abuse. That guy already ...
  7. I’ve changed multiple details in this article to protect the identity of the nurse I interviewed. I offered to pay her for her time, but she refused, so I made a donation to the American Nurses Foundation Coronavirus Response Fund in her honor. The f...
  8. Some nurses where I work are trying to unionize. I’ve worked a union job that was non healthcare but never in healthcare. What can you union nurses tell me about working as a union nurse? The experience I have with a union in the past was all positiv...
  9. The first picture is one of a bill that just passed the MN legislature, largely due to the efforts of the Minnesota nurses association The second is my hospital systems response that they emailed out last night in reponse Funny how they suddenly ...
  10. Health Commission meetings are generally not too exciting. However, a session held at the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital on May 28th was full of energy when nearly 150 nurses strode in to make their concerns known. The commission is in cur...
  11. Why are so many nurses against unions?

    I really don't understand. I am a newish nurse that landed my "dream job" in the icu. My hospital is the biggest and best in the area and we are currently on a journey to magnet. I feel like I was lied to about how this would help nurses and we would...