December 1, 2009
On November 23rd, the current President of the United American Nurses (Ann Converso) and Joan Craft, (a VP of UAN and a representative for the Illinois Nurses Association), filed an action in the Northern District of Illinois seeking an injunction to prevent the impending merger of the National Nurses Organizing Committee, the Massachusetts Nurses Association and the United American Nurses into a “Super Union” – the National Nurses United or NNU. Read More
November 3, 2009
Formation of the largest nurses’ union and professional association in U.S. history took another major step forward Monday with a unanimous endorsement of the affiliation agreement vote by delegates representing 80 percent of the members of the United American Nurses (UAN). Even as a number of state affiliates inexplicably failed to attend the meeting, the national delegate assembly of the UAN moved forward to create the 150,000 member RN “Super Union.”
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November 1, 2009
A union sued two Las Vegas hospitals Thursday over a policy requiring hospital employees to receive flu shots — or to wear surgical masks in patient areas if they are not vaccinated.
The Service Employees International Union Local 1107 sued Nashville-based Healthcare Corporation of America and two of its Las Vegas hospitals: Sunrise and its Sunrise Children’s Hospital; and Southern Hills Hospital. HCA also owns MountainView Hospital in Las Vegas.
The lawsuit says the company has threatened to discipline employees who fail to abide by the policy, which the union says requires non-vaccinated employees to wear masks except when in cafeterias, break rooms, smoking areas and private offices.
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