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> False. Professional organization give licensure. The union represents those who have licenses and or work for an agency where majority of those license holder

> False. Professional organization give licensure. The union represents those who have licenses and or work for an agency where majority of those license holders work. Incorrect! Most doctors are probably solo or group practice. This means one or a few doctors work together in a business that they own. This business then contracts with hospitals to provide services. Kaiser Permanente is different in that it hires doctors directly, but it is the minority. The AMA (American Medical Association) is not a union and does not negotiate on behalf of doctors. It is more a lobbying and advocacy group.

hef19898 6y ago
Lobbying and advocacy is, besides collective bargaining, a core function of unions. At least in Europe. And yes, these associations, doctors, pharmacists, lawyers, are wielding a lot of power and influence. As most of these professionals aren't employees, collective bargaining doesn't make a lot of sense. Where they are, in the cade of hospitals, collective bargaining is very much a thing. EDIT: In western Europe, we all live with things the nions achieved in the later 19th, early 20th century. in Germany, things like paid sick leave, vacation, labour hours, week-ends, etc... are all things union fought for, really hard, to get. As the world changes, which it did back then, employees need to have their say in how things will be handled. Last time, it was through unions. If these unions are up to the tasks regarding digitalization is disputable. But that employees, this time around white collor ones, need their voices to be heard is a given. I never was in a union as an employee, being white collor made that always a difficult choice. And unions tend to play political and power games. Which I don't like. the alternative so, doesn't seem to be better.

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> False. Professional organization give licensure. The union represents those who have licenses and or work for an agency where majority of those license holder

by RcouF1uZ4gsC 6y ago

hef19898 6y ago
Lobbying and advocacy is, besides collective bargaining, a core function of unions. At least in Europe. And yes, these associations, doctors, pharmacists, lawyers, are wielding a lot of power and influence. As most of these professionals aren't employees, collective bargaining doesn't make a lot of sense. Where they are, in the cade of hospitals, collective bargaining is very much a thing. EDIT: In western Europe, we all live with things the nions achieved in the later 19th, early 20th century. in Germany, things like paid sick leave, vacation, labour hours, week-ends, etc... are all things union fought for, really hard, to get. As the world changes, which it did back then, employees need to have their say in how things will be handled. Last time, it was through unions. If these unions are up to the tasks regarding digitalization is disputable. But that employees, this time around white collor ones, need their voices to be heard is a given. I never was in a union as an employee, being white collor made that always a difficult choice. And unions tend to play political and power games. Which I don't like. the alternative so, doesn't seem to be better.