As an organizer for CNA, you would be responsible for developing the RN organizing committee at a facility, and helping them win their representation election in the face of an intense anti-union employer campaign. We are willing to take your existing talents and experience, then train you in our winning organizing style. Experience in NLRB election campaigns would be very helpful. We respond to requests from RNs who want to organize. Hospitals are engaging in major cost-cutting at the bedside which dramatically affects the ability of RNs to provide safe care to their patients.
Patient care is the major reason RNs are organizing.
Voice and respect issues are key in every campaign. We use both corporate and regional organizing strategies. For example, Catholic Healthcare West currently owns 46 hospitals in California totaling 12,500 RNs. We also are organizing on a regional basis. It takes incredible courage to organize.