venting since this is highly unlikely to make any of the local rags. nurses come out with 11 percent over their contract. capital health has already declared war on the local unions by bringing in private contractors..now get this.
the union “accepts” (without a vote of membership) an offer that was first put on the table and rejected last September. The result…no backpay for accepting the new contract today.
We pay dues for our professional union executive and union representation. This is a newbie, walked into a hot frying pan mistake and the executive are going to pay for this down the road come vote time. It certainly to membership looks a little shady.
Thanks for nothing, and no doubt the union dues will increase. Capital Health must be laughing but then, we did manage to pay for the nurses raise, heaven knows they need it and apparently we dont.
This article appears in Jan 24-30, 2008.
Just to let you know, Unions ruin things rather than build them. Research the origins of unions, you’ll know what i’m talking about. All they care about is getting paid. I know someone who works in Health Care. She’s a part-time nurse. She has to pay Union dues, but she doesn’t get the benefits because she’s part-time. Why pay dues if you’re not getting anything in return? Think about it.