To those of you who read this blog and silently thought forming a union of health professionals is impossible these days, the "impossible" was just announced a couple of days ago.
Providence Hospital in DC became the first DC hospital in decades to vote to join a union The final vote was 232 to 66 to join. "Providence becomes the seventh D.C. hospital with nurses organized under the banner of National Nurses United, a federation of nurses unions. Organizers hope that bringing Providence’s roughly 400 RNs into the fold will help D.C. Council legislation that would mandate certain nurse staffing levels in city hospitals. That legislation is languishing amid fierce lobbying by hospital officials, who contend that “staffing ratios” increase costs without improving patient care." http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/registered-nurses-vote-to-unionize-at-providence-hospital-in-dc/2013/12/11/240daa94-62bb-11e3-a373-0f9f2d1c2b61_story.html
