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Collective bargaining agreements refer to a document of agreement signed between the management of a firm and its employees prepared by representative labor union that specifies terms of employment such as duration, wages, work conditions etc. In nursing profession, CBA are not something new and while some may oppose it, most still believe that these agreements are for the benefit of nurses and hence must be signed as they offer he job related security a person needs. They also give nurses a membership in representing trade union which may later work for them in case of unfair termination or other actions and they gain the power of collective bargaining which is the key feature of CBA. Collective bargaining is described by Kahn-Freund in the following manner:
By bargaining collectively with management, organized labor seeks to give effect to its legitimate expectations that wages and other conditions of work should be such as to guarantee a stable and adequate form of existence and as to be compatible with the physical integrity and moral dignity of the individual, and also that jobs should be reasonably secure. (p.69)
The National Nurses United (NNU) union was formed at the end of 2009 when three different nurses associations merged together to form one big union. (NNU website) Today the organization claims more than 155,000 making it the largest union of nurses in the U.S. NNU has proved quite useful in difficult terms making it all the more necessary for nurses to sign CBAs today. This organization has worked on concerns of nurses about losing jobs during recession or when hospitals were under great financial burden and hence had to cut costs. During such times especially in 2010, the nurses threatened strikes in California, Pennsylvania, Maine, Michigan, and Minnesota (Washington Post, 2010) NNU has the retained the right to strike because they seem to believe that without this right,...
The biggest strike ever arranged under NNU took place on June 10, 2010 when 12,000 nurses from 14 hospitals in Minneapolis area stopped working for one day which accumulated to 12,000 days of idleness. (BLS, work stoppage report)
The key issues that NNU has been working on include better patient-staff ratio which has often been the cause of conflict in many hospitals. The high quality care needed in hospitals can be severely compromised when there are not enough nurses to provide care to growing number of patients. This on the one hand makes life difficult for patients while on the other, it can jeopardize a nurse's job and reputation and hence signing a CBA is a good thing which appears to have more benefits than downsides.
Pension and health benefits can often cause problems as well and in July 2010, a major standoff was averted when one hospital made last minute arrangements to preserve pension and health benefits. CBA thus manages to protect the rights of a nurse in difficult situation and also help them keep their jobs in special circumstances.
Trade and labor unions play an important role in extending collective bargaining power to workers for improvement of their work conditions and wages. Nurses and other professionals can benefit from membership in labor unions which is automatically extended to them when they sign CBA. CBAs are created for dealing with subjects like employee labor rights, scope of bargaining, unit determination and recognition, unfair labor practices and other bargaining topics. The main areas affected or determined by CBA include the following:
1. Employee rights
2. Employer rights
3. Administrative agency
4. Unit determination
5. Recognition procedure
6. Scope of bargaining
7. Impasse…
References
National Nurses United website, on the Internet at http://www.nationalnursesunited.org/pages/about (accessed May 4, 2012).
Lena H. Sun, "Growing National Nurses United union steps up strikes in aggressive new strategy," The Washington Post, November 20, 2010, available on the Internet at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/20/AR2010112003592.html (accessed May 4, 2012).
BLS Work Stoppages Program monthly report, June 2010, on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/wsp/ws062010.htm.
"Minneapolis-area nurses strike for a day," United Press International.com, on the Internet at http://www.upi.com/Top_News/U.S./2010/06/10/Minneapolis-area-nurses-strike-for-a-day/UPI-48941276192064/. accessed May 4, 2012
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