STOP THE NLRB: Sign a pledge to strike for your rights!

RNs Pledge to Stand Up for Our Patients, Ourselves, and Our Union. The National Labor Relations Board will soon issue a major ruling that could jeopardize the ability of RNs to receive the protections afforded by CNA/NNOC representation. At the request of healthcare employers and anti-union consultants, the Board is expected to make the absurd ruling that many thousands of RNs are "supervisors" under the law because they make clinical patient care assignments to other staff. Under federal labor law, supervisors have no protection. THEY HAVE NO RIGHT TO UNION REPRESENTATION.

Sign this petition TODAY and tell your RN colleagues!

Sample Letter for Campaign

Subject: STOP THE NLRB: Protect RN Rights to Unionize

Dear [ Decision Maker ] ,

I pledge to support and defend my right to union representation. I pledge to defend the California Nurses Association so that CNA/NNOC can continue to protect my rights as a Patient Advocate, maintain Safe RN-to-Patient Ratios, and protect my retirement benefits, my wages, the Nursing Practice Act, and Standards of Competent Performance none of which could exist without my Union, CNA! If my Employer moves to deny RNs our rights to CNA/NNOC union representation, I will take any and all actions necessary, up to and including striking, to protect CNA/NNOC, my contract, and my rights.

Signed by:

Campaign Launched:
June 14, 2006


Background Information

RN ALERT: Dangerous New Threat to RN Rights!

Pending Labor Board Decisions Could Imperil RN Protections, Standards, Patient Advocacy Role

The National Labor Relations Board will soon issue a major ruling that could jeopardize the ability of RNs to receive the protections afforded by CNA/NNOC representation. At the request of healthcare employers and anti-union consultants, the Board is expected to make the absurd ruling that many thousands of RNs are "supervisors" under the law because they make clinical patient care assignments to other staff. Under federal labor law, supervisors have no protection. THEY HAVE NO RIGHT TO UNION REPRESENTATION.

What Is At Stake for RNs?

Literally thousands of RNs could be stripped of their right to CNA/NNOC representation. Without CNA/NNOC representation:

  • RNs would be employees "at will" and subject to termination or other unfair discipline without contract protections.
  • All pay, health coverage, retirement, and other standards now negotiated by CNA/NNOC would be subject to the whim of your employer.
  • Management could ignore RN-to-patient ratios and other patient protections with no voice for RNs to challenge unsafe conditions.
  • The collective power of RNs through CNA/NNOC could be dramatically undermined, and the rights of RNs to organize into CNA/NNOC drastically curtailed.

Why Is This Occurring Now?

Challenges to RN union rights have been pushed for years. Now, however, the Bush administration has finally succeeded in filling the NLRB with anti-union management attorneys who have already rolled back employee rights in a number of other cases. A decision is expected before the end of August.

What Can You Do?

  • Sign the petition circulating in your facility that says: "I pledge to support and defend the California Nurses Association (CNA) so that CNA can continue to protect my rights as a Patient Advocate, maintain Safe RN Patient ratios and protect my retirement benefits, my wages, the Nurse Practice Act (Title 22) and Standards of Competent Performance (Title 16), none of which could exist without my Union—CNA/NNOC! If my Employer moves to deny RNs their rights to CNA/NNOC Union representation, I will take any and all actions necessary, up to and including striking, to protect CNA/NNOC, my contract and my legal rights."

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