California Nurses Win Historic Organizing Pact, Ratify Contract

[Omaha Steve]

http://blog.aflcio.org/2007/08/22/california-nurses-win-historic-organizing-pact-ratify-contract/

by James Parks, Aug 22, 2007

In one of the largest-ever organizing agreements for registered nurses, the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee (CNA/NNOC) announced this week a national pact with Tenet Healthcare Corp. that could open the door for up to 3,000 registered nurses at Tenet facilities around the country to join a union.


More than 700 CNA/NNOC members rallied last year in Oakland, Calif., to protest a pending NLRB ruling that re-classified hundreds of thousands of nurses as “supervisors.”


At the same time, CNA/NNOC members ratified a new master contract with Tenet that raises salaries by 25.5 percent and provides significant worker and patient protections. The new four-year master contract covers some 3,500 registered nurses at nine hospitals in California.

Under the organizing agreement, union organizers will have access to certain Tenet hospitals, and the hospitals will not run anti-union campaigns, the union says.

CNA/NNOC Executive Director Rose Ann DeMoro said in a statement the organizing agreement

is a monumental moment for the nation’s RNs as Tenet nurses across the nation have an historic opportunity to join with 3,500 of their unionized colleagues to assure the highest standards for their patients and themselves.

DeMoro was elected to the AFL-CIO Executive Council earlier this month.

FULL story at link.

[liberalnurse]

1. Every Nurse needs to be UNIONIZED!

The female dominate profession needs to kick it up a notch and realize that NURSING is a job, not just care giving. Hospital Corporations take advantage of the subordinate thinking of many nurses....but I do think change is coming.

[spag68]

2. Nurses

It has been my experience that nurses in hospitals do more "doctor' work then doctors.

[Raejeanowl]

3. Nurses Rock

Whatever they can do to improve their lot is okay with me, but please, let's start with realistic hours and patient ratios.