[Magdalen] We told them so...

[Jay Weigel]

I spent my entire nursing career working in non-union facilities in "right
to work" (or as my late ex termed them, "right to slave" states). Only once
did I ever work in a unionized facility, as a traveler, and I could see
right away how it benefited the nurses.

Yes, there *is* the ANA. Don't even mention them to me. They are the voice
of management and don't give a flying Wallenda about the nurse on the floor
who is busting his or her butt taking care of the patients on a (usually)
understaffed unit. In recent years there has arisen the National Nurses'
Union (NNU) but they came along too late to be much help to me. I really
heard very little from them until the whole Ebola business came along. They
are much more oriented toward the actual caregiving nurse. If I were still
working I would be a dues-paying member, even though Virginia is a RTW
state, because the NNU has *my* interests at heart and isn't kissing up to
management.

On Tuesday, March 29, 2016, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

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> In a message dated 3/29/2016 7:52:22 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com <javascript:;> writes:
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> Union  membership brings you someone to be with you  >>>>>>>
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> My union was, I guess, the AMA,. though there is the National  Association
> of VA Physicians and Dentists.  I still belong to both groups.   Membership
> in the AMA usually comes with a package of local and state medical  groups,
> and locally that adds up to around $2,000.  Working for the VA,  however,
> I was able to avoid the state and local groups, and membership is
> $45/month.
> With that AMA membership, though, comes the reception of a couple of
> specialty journals.  The VA group is $90/year for retirees.  With
> retirement
> however, I have been reevaluating these memberships, and the logical
> conclusion is that they need to be discontinued.  Old habits die  hard.
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> David Strang.
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