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Taking a Seat at the Table: Why Nurse Unions are Necessary Today

Minority Nurse

Strikes for Safe Staffing and Fair Contracts Although hospital executives and management have set standards such as how many nurses can be hired and what benefits they get, nurse associations like National Nurses United (NNU) have fought to protect nurses ’ safety when these contracts don ’ t reflect nurses ’ needs in the workplace.

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Taking a Seat at the Table: Why Nurse Unions are Necessary Today

Daily Nurse

Strikes for Safe Staffing and Fair Contracts Although hospital executives and management have set standards such as how many nurses can be hired and what benefits they get, nurse associations like National Nurses United (NNU) have fought to protect nurses ’ safety when these contracts don ’ t reflect nurses ’ needs in the workplace.

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Why I voted to strike

ANONNHSNURSE

The other problem is that our hospital management insist that we cannot have water bottles in the clinical area. What this means is, that we are not allowed to keep water bottles at the nurses’ station anymore. So I won’t have eaten from 7am until 5pm, on most shifts. They say it makes the ward look untidy.