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Unions - NN

Posted: Sep 01, 2012

Is there any unions out there that would be willing to work with us? Just a thought...

You know you are not the 1st one with this thought, right? - Have at it, start looking. Good luck. nm

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our jobs are obsolete... it does not matter anymore - like a telephone operator... gone

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What is left to unionize?

that's correct - downtime

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exactly like phone operators. The only solution is to try to get out. I've kind of gotten obsessive about getting out lately.

No, that's NOT correct. - sm

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What it is is a ridiculous statement that is exactly what the sleazy MTSOs would like MTs to believe. Their substandard speech-wreck technology is FAR from the point where the job of an acute care MT is obsolete.

Yes--Our wages have been slashed but that is - because we have the misfortune to be

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dealing with sleazy MTSOs who slash wages NOT because our jobs are "obsolete" but simply because, with a scattered, unorganized, predominantly female work force, they have found that they CAN. MTSOs have found the path of least resistance and a dandy way to pad their own profits while stepping on the necks of their revenue-producing employees. To compare an acute care MT with a telephone operator is so profoundly silly that one almost wonders if the above was posted by an MTSO management stooge or their clerical help. A seasoned acute care MT takes years of MT experience, not to mention an expert fund of knowledge and well-rounded background brought to the table. With all due respect, generally speaking, anybody can be trained as a telephone operator in a matter of weeks. And as any acute care MT who works with voice-wreck can attest, the technology is FAR from perfected to the point where acute care jobs are obsolete. When a single voice-wreck report can be released without major editing, your post might carry some weight.

not talking about speech wreck - downtime

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Speech wreck won't put us out of a job, but EPIC will. That technology, and the money-saving aspect of it, has gotten to the point that our services will no longer be needed.

Maybe United Healthcare Workers? - nm

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Congresswoman Betty Sutton's bill - sn

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She is running ads in Ohio to contact about her office about her bill to prohibit medical records/information from being processed outside the U.S.

SEIU represents MTs at the U. of Washington - ..but no way would I join those crooks.

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Might as well send your dues directly to the DNC.

U of W - Inquiring minds

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What happened to their MTs when they converted to Epic?

Better question is how many MTs want to work with a union - Not me

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I'm not a fan of unions in any way shape or form and I refuse to pay my hard earned money to them in the form of dues. I think unions are part of the reason that big corporations off shore - they've been forced into paying for things that they flat out cannot afford and because the unions won't negotiate, they have gone elsewhere for their labor market.

I'm a huge fan of unions - wheres_my_job

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It's easy to forget how much job safety, working conditions and time off were products of union organizing and strikes. Like no one had to battle to get a reasonable workday, etc.

Let's keep the history straight - so we can accurately see what will work in the future to protect workers.

Not a fan of unions, but... - sm

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The fact is, unions have done some real good in certain industries - like busting up the sweatshops that existed in the clothing industry during the early 1900s, and negotiating for better salaries and working conditions in numerous other industries.

Have there been union excesses? Obviously. Has there been corruption? Obviously. Have there been strong-arm tactics that put companies out of business? Of course. And it's too bad that union members have tolerated such things because they could have stopped it if they had wished to do so.

I see things in our industry now very much like the sweatshops in the clothing industry that existed a hundred years ago. For that reason, I would consider participation in a union but there are some that have such a foul reputation that I would never consider joining them.

And SEIU falls squarely in the "never in a million years" category.

not me either, but I'd be happy with - just getting a paid lunch break.

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