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Do nurses have work unions? Would that solve the issue?

• bkjelden 5y ago
  In some states, RNs working in hospitals are unionized. And that does help with some of the things I mentioned. Outside of hospitals, and outside of RNs, unionization is much less common. E.g. in a clinic setting very few employees are unionized.
• tick_tock_tick 5y ago
  Yes, they have massive unions but that doesn't seem to be helping.
• asmithmd1 5y ago
  Yes. Massachusetts which is NOT a right-to-work state. That means the union can negotiate a clause in the contract that any nurses working at the hospital must join the union. Here is a current contract that includes pay ranges: https://www.massnurses.org/public/resources/bargaining-unit/1066/Carney.pdf https://www.massnurses.org/public/resources/bargaining-unit/... 'Step' is years of experience