Good to hear that the UAW deal will help not only themselves but will help non union workers as well. I'm so glad the Biden Admin continues to work through the noise of right wing extremist. That's all they do is make noise for sound bites !
Good to hear that the UAW deal will help not only themselves but will help non union workers as well. I'm so glad the Biden Admin continues to work through the noise of right wing extremist. That's all they do is make noise for sound bites !
Bill, I’ve seen firsthand the actual “trickle across” effects of union workers in chemical plants/refineries here in the Houston area. First the union workers strike for, and get, better wages. Then the nonunion plants give their equivalent workers the same wage/benefits increases to dissuade them from becoming unionized. Lastly, the salaried workers get increases to keep up with the hourly wages. Unions benefitted them all.
Yes Mary. The same for RNs in hospital staff positions here in Northern California The California Nurses Association (part of Nation Nurses United) broke off from the management-dominated American Nurses Association in the 1990s to concentrate on elevating the pay and working conditions of bedside RNs and protecting patients from greedy corporate healthcare companies. It was messy, but so effective. (I am now rertired, but in my career I have been on strike through the exhausting negotiations of 3 contracts.) Now, hospitals in our state need to offer competitive wages (won by the CNA RNs through collective action and bargaining) in order to keep staff. Unfortuately, hospital admins are now employing "travel RNs" more extensively to try to combat the effects of CNA collective actions. So, the struggle continues...
You would think so, wouldn't you? However, hospital corporations play the long game. With travelers, there is no cost for benefits, retirement, etc. Also, the more travelers there are, the more difficult it is for the RN unions to organize staff. It serves their bottom line in the long run. During one strike action 15 years ago,, my $utter affiliated hospital paid scab RNs $1000.00 per shift, housed them at the Westin Hotel at no cost, and had free food for them on their shift and at the hotel, paid their travel expenses as well. They ended up settling for our original demands after 18 months and a total of 5 strikes (one to three day strikes, but we were always locked out fo a total of 5 days.) It was a very costly decision not to negotiate fairly with us, and they learned from it. Now, that hospital is staffed by an inordinate amount of travelers, making it very hard to organize. The corporate hospitals regard this as a cost of doing business, making it difficult for the unions to organize. The latest rounds of labor actions have mostly avoided strikes, although it still takes months upon months to settle a contract.
Good to hear that the UAW deal will help not only themselves but will help non union workers as well. I'm so glad the Biden Admin continues to work through the noise of right wing extremist. That's all they do is make noise for sound bites !
Bill, I’ve seen firsthand the actual “trickle across” effects of union workers in chemical plants/refineries here in the Houston area. First the union workers strike for, and get, better wages. Then the nonunion plants give their equivalent workers the same wage/benefits increases to dissuade them from becoming unionized. Lastly, the salaried workers get increases to keep up with the hourly wages. Unions benefitted them all.
In teaching in public schools also.
Yes Mary. The same for RNs in hospital staff positions here in Northern California The California Nurses Association (part of Nation Nurses United) broke off from the management-dominated American Nurses Association in the 1990s to concentrate on elevating the pay and working conditions of bedside RNs and protecting patients from greedy corporate healthcare companies. It was messy, but so effective. (I am now rertired, but in my career I have been on strike through the exhausting negotiations of 3 contracts.) Now, hospitals in our state need to offer competitive wages (won by the CNA RNs through collective action and bargaining) in order to keep staff. Unfortuately, hospital admins are now employing "travel RNs" more extensively to try to combat the effects of CNA collective actions. So, the struggle continues...
Sharon, knowing how much the “travel RN’s” cost per hour (more than 150% of staff RN’s), it’s hard to believe that the hospitals can do this for long.
You would think so, wouldn't you? However, hospital corporations play the long game. With travelers, there is no cost for benefits, retirement, etc. Also, the more travelers there are, the more difficult it is for the RN unions to organize staff. It serves their bottom line in the long run. During one strike action 15 years ago,, my $utter affiliated hospital paid scab RNs $1000.00 per shift, housed them at the Westin Hotel at no cost, and had free food for them on their shift and at the hotel, paid their travel expenses as well. They ended up settling for our original demands after 18 months and a total of 5 strikes (one to three day strikes, but we were always locked out fo a total of 5 days.) It was a very costly decision not to negotiate fairly with us, and they learned from it. Now, that hospital is staffed by an inordinate amount of travelers, making it very hard to organize. The corporate hospitals regard this as a cost of doing business, making it difficult for the unions to organize. The latest rounds of labor actions have mostly avoided strikes, although it still takes months upon months to settle a contract.