Why Do Nurses Join Unions? Because They Can
By John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media, January 3, 2012 Lost for many observers in last month’s end-of-the-year hullabaloo was the annual Gallup Honesty and Ethics Survey which by a wide margin again ranked nursing as the most honest and ethical profession. The survey found that […]
Temple University Hospital Strike Ends in Success
The 28-day strike at Temple University Hospital has ended with new contract agreements that provide “some of the best working conditions and benefits in Philadelphia,” thanks to the united efforts of PASNAP, the union that represents 1500 nurses, professionals and technical employees.Read the whole story on the California Nurses Association website: “Temple Unions Ratify New Contracts, Declare Victory after Strike”
First Unionized Private-Sector Hospital in Texas Remains with National Nurses United
RNs at Cypress-Fairbanks Hospital in Houston recently voted to remain members of National Nurses Organizing Committee-Texas, the state’s affiliate of National Nurses United, the national union and professional association for RNs.Read the whole story on the California Nurses Association website: “RNs at Houston’s Cypress-Fairbanks Hospital […]
Dan’s Mom Rita stops by | Show 230
Well, Nurse Talk does it’s own version of ALL IN THE FAMILY as Co-host Dan Grady’s mom, Rita, stops by. Lovely Rita, as we like to call her, is a retired RN now working as a full-time volunteer for the Red Cross. It seems as though the apple does not fall far from the tree—Rita is as wild and wacky as her son!This week Casey and Dan talk with RN Laurie Bahr. She sheds some light on current Pension Bargaining Efforts taking place in her state. It seems that hospitals are using the “economic downturn” to cut benefits that most RNs have been paying into for years. Laurie is active in the Minnesota Nurses Association, the organization that works to protect patients and the nurses who serve them.A quick update from RN Carol Rodgers. You may remember Carol has been heading up efforts to save San Leandro Hospital in California from closure. She has good news and will update us on recent developments. READ MORE…
American Journal of Nursing: New National Nurses Union Forms — But What’s It Mean to You?
“Given the current push to reform health care, this new union could make a difference for both nurses and our patients. As a nurse now focused on quality improvement, I would like to see nursing unions bring out the best in nurses by promoting compliance […]
Why Is This The Time for an RN Super-Union?
From the new nurses’ super-union, National Nurses United. A PDF of this flyer can be downloaded to pass along to colleagues.Nurses from coast to coast have yearned for a powerful, national movement of direct-care RNs to strengthen our voice at the bedside and in the […]
Present at the Birth: The National Nurses Movement by Chico David RN
Present at the Birth: The National Nurses Movementby Chico David, RNI’m writing from Phoenix Arizona where I just spent the morning with hundreds of nurses from around the country finalizing the creation of the new nurses union that will transform health care in America: National […]
Unanimous Vote Creates Largest RN Union in U.S. History
For Immediate ReleaseDecember 7, 2009RNs Pledge Major Boost in Organizing, Voice in CongressPHOENIX – To standing cheers, delegates to the founding convention of the National Nurses United (NNU) today unanimously endorsed the creation of the largest union and professional organization of registered nurses in U.S. […]
Have You Hugged Your Nurse Today?
The folks over at the Executive Labor Summary Blog by Constangy Brooks & Smith LLC—management lawyers have noticed that the nurses have been up to something:”The stage is now set for the formation of a new 150,000-member super union for registered nurses at a founding […]