Hospital Union vs. Non Union

The changes brought up labor unions in the United States over recent history has brought about a movement. This specific movement has shaped the way that employees and workers are treated in the workforce,and how they maintain their quality of life through this employment. Many people think that the labor unions’ influence has created a power struggle between management and union leaders. In many cases this can be considered true, as there have been countless feuds between management teams and labor unions, especially in recent history. In today’s times, on the one hand, some people believe the existence of unions are a necessity in order to ensure and promote employee freedom; while on the other hand some people view labor unions as just another problem in the line of employee success.

In the last 23 years, there has been a rise in non-unionized workers but a decline in the unionized workers "(See Appendix)" The biggest reason or the decline in Union membership are the businesses that are spending a great deal of time

The unions of yesterday have left the public feeling fearful of what might happen in the future. Will history repeat itself? Will employees be deceived through the mighty power of Labor Unions? Promoting benefits of unionized labor is one approach to regaining the trust of the public. Benefits include medical aid, heath insurance, worker compensation and overall respect of employees in the workplace. I feel with these measures taken Labor unions will once again reach the productivity that it once had pre-WWII.

Title: Unions have played a significant role in workforce history, have they outlived their purpose.

Poor working conditions prove to be a problem or threat towards building of the trustworthy image of the nursing profession. This results from understaffing in most cases thus creating future problem

In a recent TNA meeting, held on September 11, 2014 at Lincoln Memorial University, members discussed many factors that enhance the workplace environment as well as many ways to help deliver excellent care in the most

The role of unions and their importance has changed over the years. A mixture of poor wages, high unemployment, non-existent benefits and insignificant professional stability amongst the more youthful era makes a ready demographic for restoration. The younger era is the slightest unionized section of our general public today by a long shot. Unions are important in today’s society because checks and balances are necessary entities in business and government, so if CEOs are just focusing on themselves and profits, unions are a necessary check to all that corporate power. Today and in the future, labor unions will continue to play an important role in our country 's work force and the quality of life for working families.

The National Healthcare Employee Union (NHEU) asserts that the hospital 's retention and recruiting efforts concerning nurse staffing is deficient. This deficiency has led to diminished patient care and more nurses quitting because of the fatigue of being overworked due to staffing shortages.

The national healthcare workers are striking because not only are they not being paid enough and not being provided with basic necessities like running water to perform their job efficiently, they’re also not being protected properly. One of the strike leaders, Dr. Evenst, says that it is not uncommon for a person to come in with a gun threatening to shoot if the professionals did not treat them. The healthcare system sent their requests for better conditions to parliament, the president, and every major branch they thought could help but to no avail. This result seems to be related to the tumultuous state of the government after the fraud riddled election in 2015, nevertheless the healthcare workers went on strike.

The fact that many US employers look down on, discourage, and blatantly combat unionization is not a recent occurrence as successful organization thereof can result in decreased profits and inflated personnel costs. Fossum (2012) argues that ‘employers have long resisted attempts to unionize” (p. 215) and implemented various strategies to remain union free and greedily persist in their efforts toward heightened profitability through utilization of unfair labor practices.

A recent study compared companies whose workers voted to unionize with those who voted against unionizing; finding the unionized firms were 10% more likely to go out

SEIU-UHW is a powerful, cutting-edge union of healthcare workers leading for better health, quality care, and good jobs. With 80,000 to 90,000 thousand members working in nearly every part of the healthcare industry, SEIU-UHW is the premiere, pre-eminent front-line voice on healthcare in California and has members with a creative, innovative and bold strategies to improve healthcare workers’ standard of living and make California the healthiest state in our nation; but can only make it happen with great members, Organizers and leaders utilizing award winning strategies and education campaigns and plans to reach the masses of workers throughout California.

This was a very one-sided case in which the Union desperately tried to support and defend one of its members, whom purposely and with just cause put patients at risk. The hospital in this case suspended a nurse, Hyer, for five days for dereliction of his duties which resulted in unnecessary pain and suffering to a recovering patient, a severe infraction to say the least. In other cases, it is believable that the arbiters job is in discerning the right course of action is decidedly more difficult, in the case of Nurse Kevin, there is difficulty and the suspension should stand.

(Larry Keller, pg. 2) It is true that with a union there is less collaborative work environment. Unionized workers experience a less sense of teamwork and partnership. Union workers have less trust with their supervisors. More union workers feel that their supervisors treat the employees like he or she is a boss, rather than a partner than their nonunion counterparts.

The companies and industries that have tension between the employees and employers benefit from collective bargaining. Although the strong unions can impair market prices and strain the economy, I believe they have the best interest of the employees and ethical intent. Times have changed since the unionization boom in the 19th century. Global competition has caused the unions to compromise on the labor contracts. There have been three primary waves of American unionization. The first wave brought gains to the workers while providing stable production. The second wave responded to the downfall of that system by highlighting employer opposition, union decline, and strategic choice. The third wave or present wave of American industrial