At my hospital we have a union. Last year I had an incident involving a patient. And management had setup meetings called “deep dives”, which entails being interrogated by anywhere from 2 to 10 people. All management. I’ve never had an issue before so I was nervous as heck. Everyone said to bring a union rep just in case they try to reprimand or get you to say it was your fault, etc. I never really got involved with the union. They tell me to strike, picket or wear this pin I’ll do it. I pay my monthly dues. But I’ve never gone to the meetings. My union rep was awesome, she met with me before the meeting. We discussed what happened, and what might have gone wrong. She gave me a run down of what management is going to do and say, what they might try to get me to sign. In the actual meeting, she took notes and asked them questions back. She was a fierce advocate for nurses. What we need when we’re just scared to lose our jobs or need defense when it could be our fault. We are human.
Thank you Mr. Witt for being a union president. I hope everything works out for you.
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At my hospital we have a union. Last year I had an incident involving a patient. And management had setup meetings called “deep dives”, which entails being interrogated by anywhere from 2 to 10 people. All management. I’ve never had an issue before so I was nervous as heck. Everyone said to bring a union rep just in case they try to reprimand or get you to say it was your fault, etc. I never really got involved with the union. They tell me to strike, picket or wear this pin I’ll do it. I pay my monthly dues. But I’ve never gone to the meetings. My union rep was awesome, she met with me before the meeting. We discussed what happened, and what might have gone wrong. She gave me a run down of what management is going to do and say, what they might try to get me to sign. In the actual meeting, she took notes and asked them questions back. She was a fierce advocate for nurses. What we need when we’re just scared to lose our jobs or need defense when it could be our fault. We are human.
Thank you Mr. Witt for being a union president. I hope everything works out for you.
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