Together, we make a difference in the workplace, in the health care system, in the community, and in Congress and legislatures. We have the competitive edge. Representation by your professional nurses association far exceeds the capabilities of other unions to speak on your behalf. As a multi-purpose organization, ANA continuously and effectively pursues nurses' interests through a variety of means. Our loyalties are not divided between several different groups of workers.
Staff nurses play vital leadership roles at the national, state and local levels of the association.
Staff nurses are the largest membership group within the organization and sit on every policy making group within ANA, from the Board of Directors to the nominating committee. Collective bargaining is a broad phrase that encompasses the process of negotiating and enforcing a lawfully binding contract between an employer and the bargaining unit composed of the group of employees who vote to be represented. As a professional nurse you have a big stake in the quality of health care your patients receive. As an employee, you deserve a fair wage and good working conditions. It is illegal for an employer to interfere with an employee's right to organize.