What if I want to quit the union?

lpnflorida · Sep 14, 2008

Tell them you are on the do not call list. Make sure you are by the way. Tell them do not call you again, remind them it is a form of harassment if they continue to call you after you have requested no contact. They can be fined I belive.

Mindful, RN · Sep 14, 2008

OK...
I sent the letter off certified mail return receipt requested. I also sent a copy to the regional director of the National Labor Relations Board.
I feel like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders.
Anyone know how I can get them to quit calling me? I always tell them I am not interested and always ask them to take me off their calling list, but that hasn't done any good.
J

BUY A answering machine.....

1Tulip · Sep 14, 2008

I hate to make all my friends and associates feel that I'm screening their calls. You are, of course, correct... I can do the answering machine thing. Just don't like it.

Word to the wise...

IF you feel you MUST sign a union card, make up a fake phone number. Hmmmmm, and maybe make up a fake SSN while you're at it.

K98 · Sep 20, 2008

I am required to belong to the SEIU to work at the facility where I am employed. I do not support their political agenda, and they spend a lot of money that I work very hard to earn on issues that I don't support. I will be leaving my job for another facility where my pocket won't be picked monthly by the SEIU.

Kojak · Sep 20, 2008

I am required to belong to the SEIU to work at the facility where I am employed. I do not support their political agenda, and they spend a lot of money that I work very hard to earn on issues that I don't support. I will be leaving my job for another facility where my pocket won't be picked monthly by the SEIU.

I sympathize with you. I've been at my workplace for over 20 years, and the answer I get from union proponents is, "If you don't like it go work somewhere else." This from a "nursing" union that has been in place for only a year.

Many people complain about management, but what they don't realize is that the union is just more of the same. They don't care about individual nurses. They take away the choice of the individual nurse. They have their own agenda. And it's either their way or the highway.

Mindful, RN · Sep 20, 2008

I sympathize with you. I've been at my workplace for over 20 years, and the answer I get from union proponents is, "If you don't like it go work somewhere else." This from a "nursing" union that has been in place for only a year.
Many people complain about management, but what they don't realize is that the union is just more of the same. They don't care about individual nurses. They take away the choice of the individual nurse. They have their own agenda. And it's either their way or the highway.

Well.... I Think You should take the union advice... :up:

Kojak · Sep 20, 2008

Well.... I Think You should take the union advice...

Thank you for proving my point. Why do you feel it necessary to take a personal stab at someone simply because they feel differently than you about unions?

allnurses Guide · Sep 20, 2008

If I am unhappy at my job I will either try to change the conditions that are not OK with me or find a different job.

Years ago our hospital was sold to a for-profit company. They came in with "patient focused care", cut staffing, forced nurses to float to units where we were not competent, didn't allow us access to O2 flowmeters at night, laid off pharmacy and wrote up nurses for missed meds that hadn't arrived.

So WE called CNA. Now we have safe staffing ratios and a committee to address patient care issues.

AND we got improved pay and benefits.

If we hadn't had a way to work to improve our conditions I may have had to get another job.

There are lots of jobs for nurses and nurses are employable in other fields too.