Most nurses belong to a union (ANA, SEIU, etc.) - and their unions have never given a flying rats rear-end what their constituents think. They just want their dues for political action.
I have to disagree there. Most nurses do not belong to a union. It depends on where you live. I can speak for the two large states in which I’ve been licensed to practice.
Also, the ANA is not a union.
My wife is a nurse and doesn’t belong to a union. I live in Arizona, so I’ve yet to meet a unionized nurse.
I’m a nurse and I know a lot of other nurses medics and a rather large population of medical professionals. I have yet to find any of my coworkers that find much to be enthused about. About the only thing they have given us is a mountain of increased regulation. Combined with the need to practice defensive medicine the cost have boomed. I’m not quite sure who the hacks are playing chorus with Barry O but they definitely don’t represent the majority of folks I know.
Back in the late 70’s,I was young and uninformed in the ways of unions. I was a nurse at a local hospital and honestly didn’t even know I was a union member. A strike was called at the hospital and I showed up for my usual shift to be met by my co-workers standing with their signs and hollering for better wages etc.
I was stunned and asked them - but WHO will take care of our patients? They didn’t have an answer. I crossed the picket line- still not realizing the implications of my actions and went to my floor to start work. I’ve never forgotten the looks I received by various staff members as I went through the long halls to reach my station.
The docs looked at me with shock and smiles- the rest were disgusted and mad except for the patients- who were grateful.
I gave my two weeks notice before they could fire me.
It was the beginning of my education in the ways of unions and it left me disillusioned and confused. I decided I wouldn’t ever work for a union again.