Collective Bargaining In Nursing
Collective Bargaining From the historical background, after the World War II, Budd, Warino, and
Patton (2004) informed that collective bargaining (CB) occurred as a result of extreme nursing
shortages, causing the poor economic and working condition for nurses. Initially not promoting the
CB since nursing was considered a calling more than an occupation, Budd et al. (2004) narrated that
after realizing the need to preserve the nursing profession and the nurses welfare, the American Nurses
Association [ANA] established the State Nurses Association to represent nurses in the bargaining
duties. Thus, collective bargaining existed to empower nurses in gaining autonomy over their practice,
control over essential resources, and protest against policies affecting patients safety. What follows
will be discussion of personal experiences and opinions on CB, contract negotiations, roles of the
facility administrator in CB, and manager s responsibilities in CB. ... Show more content on
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Eventually, the organization process ended due to inadequate number of signatures from nurses. In
agreement to the purpose of CB, I believe CB is an effective tool to recognize nurses value, despite
every possible measure, to the unyielding administration. Hence, from my brief employment in a
union hospital, I can list the benefits of CB: higher wages, guaranteed pay increase, job security, and
better benefits. On the other hand, disadvantages of labor unions are costly monthly dues, obligation
to participate in strikes, not always effective, and preserving bad employees. Supposed a negotiation is
needed in my current job, my demands would be in these priority orders: eliminating mandatory
overtime (on call and mandatory up staffing), reducing holiday requirements ( hallmark, pre and post
holidays), increased salary (10%), and certification hourly
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