The nurses you had to organize were probably 'anti-union' because the one they knew was 1199. I can't speak for the one where you were, but the one in my neck of the woods did some rather unethical things.
NYState Nurses Assn was my union (I'm now retired). It also spoke out politically where it shouldn't have stuck its nose, but it brought about the 1st ever nurses strike where I used to work over the issue of better staffing. While I worked there, the threat of a strike got the wanted results. And to show you how they put their money where their mouth was, they had the choice of using a particular 'pile' of $ for staffing or for retiree dental benefits, & chose the former.
I knew a man who had his own company. His employees rejected union membership because he always gave them more that the union would have. So in a way, they also benefited from the union.
From my really not knowledgable perspective public sector unions- where workers and management are intertwined- the union members donate campaign funds to elected officials- really sullied the idea of a union.
When I started my last job the union was 'in bed' w/ management, & a new slate of officers won the election. It was a nasty thing. The old guard wouldn't release the election results & made it sound like there was some procedural issue. The newly elected had to go to court to get the results released. The the old guard sent letters to all of us claiming -- I forget what now, it's over 10 yrs ago -- and the envelopes didn't have a real return address. You get the picture...
The nurses you had to organize were probably 'anti-union' because the one they knew was 1199. I can't speak for the one where you were, but the one in my neck of the woods did some rather unethical things.
NYState Nurses Assn was my union (I'm now retired). It also spoke out politically where it shouldn't have stuck its nose, but it brought about the 1st ever nurses strike where I used to work over the issue of better staffing. While I worked there, the threat of a strike got the wanted results. And to show you how they put their money where their mouth was, they had the choice of using a particular 'pile' of $ for staffing or for retiree dental benefits, & chose the former.
I knew a man who had his own company. His employees rejected union membership because he always gave them more that the union would have. So in a way, they also benefited from the union.
My union was definitely not 1199. A group of workers left them to join us.
From my really not knowledgable perspective public sector unions- where workers and management are intertwined- the union members donate campaign funds to elected officials- really sullied the idea of a union.
When I started my last job the union was 'in bed' w/ management, & a new slate of officers won the election. It was a nasty thing. The old guard wouldn't release the election results & made it sound like there was some procedural issue. The newly elected had to go to court to get the results released. The the old guard sent letters to all of us claiming -- I forget what now, it's over 10 yrs ago -- and the envelopes didn't have a real return address. You get the picture...
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