Guest guest Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 a union in its broadest definition is simply a banding together of like-minded individuals who do the same work in an attempt to favorably influence their environment. Think medieval guilds. We could create this ourselves from scratch, or we could contact an organization who has experience and ask them how they envision unionizing a group of individual professionals rather than a company. I would bet the farm that any of the unions existing have thought about this for lots of other groups, so they probably already have ideas. They float the ideas, we get to decide. If a large enough group likes the plan, we/they unionize. Those who don't like it, don't join. Personally, I would favor SEIU since they've been representing health care workers for ages. Don't know about AFL-CIO; they (AFL-CIO and SEIU) used to be one organization, but recently split. I hear people saying they are extremely concerned about threats (?) to the profession. Would someone be so kind as to succinctly describe these threats? I'm new to US licensing, and trained outside the US, so am unfamiliar w/all this. Thanks Karen KarateStan wrote: >In a message dated 1/24/2006 12:53:15 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, >mdeidson writes: > >AFL-CIO >The below is from the web site, How does this work for a private practice? >If our office has more than one, we are the employer so that would mean or >office manager would be in the union demanding higher pay, better health care, >more vacation, matching 401K. > > > > * _Why you need a union_ >(http://www.aflcio.org/joinaunion/why/index.cfm) >Union members earn more money, have better benefits and have a voice at work >about the best way to get the job done. Get the details about this " union >advantage, " plus a look at who belongs to unions. > >Joining A Union > >Fast Facts > * Fifty-three percent of nonunion workers say they want a union in >their workplace, according to a recent national poll. > * Ninety-two percent of private-sector employers, when faced with >employees who want to form a union, force employees to attend closed-door >meetings to hear anti-union propaganda; 78 percent require supervisors to deliver >anti-union messages in one-on-one meetings with workers they oversee. > * Seventy-five percent hire outside consultants to run anti-union >campaigns, often based on mass psychology and distorting the law. > * More than half of private-sector employers tell employees they will >shut down partially or totally if the employees succeed in forming a union; in > manufacturing more than 70 percent of employers tell workers this. > * In 25 percent of organizing campaigns, private-sector employers >illegally fire workers because they want to form a union. > * Even after workers successfully form a union, nearly half of the >time, employers avoid negotiating a contract. > * The union movement is supporting the Employee Free Choice Act, which >would protect workers’ freedom to form unions by allowing them to choose a >union through majority sign-up (card-check). > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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