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We Put
the “You” In Union
Nurses and health care professionals represented
by the Massachusetts Nurses Association/New England Nurses Association
have made great strides in improving their workplace environment.
From negotiating increased wages and benefits to
addressing inadequate staffing to advocating for patients rights,
our members are making their united voices heard loud and clear.
Increasingly, nurses and health care professionals
throughout New England recognize that organizing within the work
place is their right. Organizing is not a defiance of management;
it is a legal declaration for equity, justice and positive changes.
Organizing takes its form in improved working conditions,
better pay scales and the right to “due process” through
grievance and arbitration procedures. And they may not want to admit
it, but employers also benefit from unions – through increased
productivity, less turnover and longer workforce tenure.
By organizing, nurses and health care professionals
throughout New England are making broad sweeping changes through
legislative efforts, patient safety advocacy and by leading the
nation in wage standards.
Training, knowledge and protection are the tools
needed to be effective advocates for yourselves and your patients.
MNA/NENA can provide those tools…but only you can put them
to work.
Once empowered, there is no limit to what union
members can achieve.
Protect, advocate, unite…organize
Contact us about organizing at your hospital by
calling 800.882.2056, x777 or email us at enorton@mnarn.org.
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