A union is the action or fact of joining or being joined in a political context. It’s an organized association of workers formed to protect and further their rights and interests. Labor unions represent workers in both the public and private sector. Individual labor unions represent workers in specific industries and function in an intermediary capacity between employers and employees. Unions negotiate directly with employers on employees' behalf with regard to compensation, conditions and working hours. Craft unions,represented employees in a single occupation or group of closely related occupations. Members of craft unions are generally highly skilled workers, in construction, for example, carpenters, plumbers, and electrical workers. A professional union is
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They’ve been wanting more nurses to be hired to protect more patients. The hospitals have been refusing to work with the nurses on the issue, they’ve been denying that they’re understaffed. Each of the hospitals has put together contingency plans in the event of a work stoppage. A spokesperson for the hospital has stated, “We hope NYSNA rethinks their bargaining strategy at this critical moment, rather than putting the city on a path towards an unnecessary and completely avoidable health care crisis,” Sklerov said. There will be four days of negotiations between the nurses and their management. The nurses say that they’ve been getting loads of support from their community and friends. One nurse stated,”...Any patient who has been in the hospital knows that there’s just not enough nurses to take care of them. Nurses are running around, often working 12-hour shifts without even being able to go to the bathroom.” As you can see the unions and management want completely different things, whatever the unions want management denies and therefore unions decide to go on strike until management changes their
They’ve been wanting more nurses to be hired to protect more patients. The hospitals have been refusing to work with the nurses on the issue, they’ve been denying that they’re understaffed. Each of the hospitals has put together contingency plans in the event of a work stoppage. A spokesperson for the hospital has stated, “We hope NYSNA rethinks their bargaining strategy at this critical moment, rather than putting the city on a path towards an unnecessary and completely avoidable health care crisis,” Sklerov said. There will be four days of negotiations between the nurses and their management. The nurses say that they’ve been getting loads of support from their community and friends. One nurse stated,”...Any patient who has been in the hospital knows that there’s just not enough nurses to take care of them. Nurses are running around, often working 12-hour shifts without even being able to go to the bathroom.” As you can see the unions and management want completely different things, whatever the unions want management denies and therefore unions decide to go on strike until management changes their