Posted on November 29 at 3:23 a.m.

"The problem is the hospital administration has, from the beginning of the campaign, broken the law on a daily basis by intimidation, threats and constant misinformation to the nurses, while at the same time making sure the organizing committee had no idea of names , addresses , etc. of hospital nurses"

I'm pretty sure that SEIU and pro-union nurses has violated some labor laws. Let's look at some of SEIU's handy dandy work.

SEIU version of Intimidation and Coercion

1- Egging cars and front lawn of of ER nurse.
2. Slashing the bicycle tire of our OR nurse.
3. Death threats by mail or phone to anti-SEIU nurses.
4. Letting air out of tires to one of our ER Nurse.
5. Stealing confidential telephone numbers and addresses of nurses in every department of NCH before the official excelsiour(sp) list.

As your websites states:

"We're proud of the care we provide at NCH. We know it's an excellent hospital. So why do we feel like we need a union? It's simple: we want to make our hospital even better."

Sweet Pickles!!! I like what you have to offer so far, I can't wait until SEIU comes...maybe a cement boots will be a common norm or maybe a firing squad is in order if you miss your "dues". Like I said before, SEIU promotes socialism and communism guise as unionism. See their Constitution and ByLaws and it will reflect the teaching of the "Communist Manifesto". Look at their LOGO and observed the "sickle and the star" which is a symbol of Communism.

Pro-Union Nurses...just drink the bloody Kool-Aide and be done with it. We are sick and tired of hearing your whinning and moaning. If you spend more time with patient care, perhaps we as nurses will get more respect from our community.

P.S. If you call "Striking" as good for the patient care...who will take care the sick and the dying patients while you go on strike? Have you ever heard of Nurses's Oath?

If you want to about learn nursing professionalism, perhaps you should visit www.nunso.org. Those nurses are taking a better approach than what SEIU is promising you.

On Nurses' union: Who belongs in bargaining unit is subject of dispute

Posted on November 29 at 2:37 a.m.

Its funny how the pro-union nurses seems to be running out of issues or issues that are not part of the mandatory "collective bargaining process". According to NRLB,the collective bargaining process begins with the union and the employer presenting their proposals. Both parties are required by law to negotiate in "good faith," and are subject to penalties if they fail to do so. This does not mean that an employer must necessarily agree to any specific proposal brought forth by the union. Rather, the duty to bargain in good faith is simply a mutual obligation to participate actively in the deliberations, indicating a present intention to find a basis for agreement. Under collective bargaining process, the union and the employer are legally obligated to discuss employee's wages, hours, and other benefits of employment...hopefully, both parties can find basis of aggreement. Sorry, I hate to bust your bubbles nurses, but patient-ratios is not part of the mandatory topic. Please check the NRLB website before listening to "SEIU Stalin Organizers" promises. Remember that SEIU is more interested in collecting your "dues" rather than representing your issues.

Again NRLB states that topics to be discussed during collective bargaining process fall into one of three categories: mandatory, permissive, or illegal. Mandatory topics that must be discussed by both party are wages and benefits.(No mention of pt/ratios or firing of management)

Permissive topics are issues that either party, the union or employer, may ask to discuss, but which the other party is not required to discuss. Examples of permissive topics include whether job applicants will be required to undergo pre-employment drug testing, patient-ratio, firing of CEO/upper management or whether the company will use the union's label on its products. (Keyword: discuss and not required to discuss) Again, check with the NRLB website.

Illegal (also called "prohibited") topics of collective bargaining are those topics that neither party may raise, such as proposals to discriminate against people of a particular race or allow workers to refuse to handle goods produced by non-union companies.

The employer and union discuss the issues, present information to show the reasonableness of their demands, and try to achieve concessions. Neither party is required to agree to any provision, only to discuss it in good faith. If the parties cannot resolve one or more issues, they have reached what is called "impasse." At this point the union may call a strike, or the employer may "lock out" the union workers. In some circumstances, the employer may bring in replacement. That's when they call me in to replace you. Yes, sireee!!! "STRIKE" I love the word "STRIKE" and I love Unions. Union strikes makes me financial secured while I watch those pro-union nurses picket the line for issues that SEIU does not care or does not know.

On Nurses' union: Who belongs in bargaining unit is subject of dispute