The MNA union difference!
Your MNA labor family continues to grow as the nurses at the Anti-Coagulation Clinic at St. Patrick's Hospital recently organized with us! We welcome this new local and are excited to help them bargain their first contract!As we currently have active organizing campaigns in Montana, I wanted to share the difference the organized (unionized) nurses see with a collective bargaining agreement or contract.
Your MNA labor department continues to work hard to improve your working environment and to increase your voice in patient care for you and your patients. Questions? Please call MNA at 406-442-6710.
Without an MNA Union WITH an MNA Union Contract
Contract
MNA The employer makes all Staffing levels are
Bylaws staffing decisions without negotiable! Either through
Chair nurse input, without your negotiations directly or
expertise regarding safety through Labor Management
or acuity. Committees, we work to
include nursing input in
* How do you like their staffing levels!
staffing decisions so far?
Fairness Without a contract, the A union contract defines
employer cannot be held all benefits, discipline,
accountable to any standard scheduling, etc.; therefore
of fairness; there is no your contract assists with
guarantee of equal creating equity! It
treatment among nurses. requires your employer to
be fair, and standards are
enforceable.
Discipline Without a contract, Under "just cause"
discipline can be discipline standards, the
arbitrary, or instituted employer is obligated to
without cause. Discipline have reasonable rules,
can be inequitable, harsh apply them fairly, conduct
for minor offenses, and fair investigations, and be
sometimes conducted in reasonable in disciplinary
public. action.
During discipline, the Nurses have Weingarten
employer and nurse are rights--rights allowing a
typically alone, leaving nurse to have union
the nurse without representation or a nurse
representation (without advocate present during an
Weingarten rights)-- investigatory meeting--a
creating a non-defensible second set of eyes & ears!
situation.
Once unfair discipline is Unfair discipline can be
imposed, the nurse has challenged and grieved
little recourse. through the contractual
grievance procedure.
Benefits Employer can change or A union contract guarantees
eliminate your benefits at and defines your benefits
any time, without your as YOU negotiate them. You
consent! This can include determine your priorities,
changing your health elect a bargaining team
insurance (paying higher among your colleagues, and
premiums for less bargain together. What you
coverage); modifying negotiate is enforceable
differentials, PTO or and cannot be changed or
earned time accrual, and modified without your
call-pay; or requiring consent.
mandatory overtime without
additional pay.
Wages The employer determines and With a contract, we
sets wages, usually with no negotiate wage scales that
regard to seniority or respect seniority and
skillset, creating inequity experience, and bargain
in wages and experience. guaranteed longevity
increases. A wage scale
creates equality in
compensation and allows you
the knowledge to live
knowing how your wages will
increase from year to year,
or with additional
education.
What you Without a union contract-- Nurses have a collective
need to the employer will continue voice! The employer must
know to make changes negotiate with you and
unilaterally, with no listen to the MOST TRUSTED
accountability and without PROFESSIONALS in the U.S.!
NURSING input.
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| Title Annotation: | Labor Reports and News |
|---|---|
| Author: | Haux, Robin |
| Publication: | The Pulse |
| Date: | Aug 1, 2016 |
| Words: | 520 |
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