Unions for health care employees
Introduction
In 1935, the congress enacted the national labor relations. The main aim of enacting this labor relation was to protect every employee and also their employers.This movement aimed at preventing disputes from occurring at the work environment , and thereby encouraging the day to day activities to flow as per the expectation. Employees collective bargain refers to the process by which nurses working in a certain health facility can request for their rights through their unions via the union leaders. This rights includes; increased salary,leaves,security for the nurses , balancing family and work and many more other rights.In the following essay, we will learn whether nurses should or should not join this labour relations.
Advantages of unions in a healthcare
The unions in a health care , is the medium of communication that is used by the healthcare employees to pass their interest to their employers.Each union has a leader who acts as a representative of the entire employees.Therefore , the employers are keen to hear from the union representative and hence reacting over the issues which are raised.Therefore, the unions are very important for the operation of the health facilities.Additionally, employees are able to raise their voices and ask for leaves (martarnet or the sick leaves),increase of salary, provision of security especially for those nurses who work during late hours and being given offs, which may help the employee to be able to balance their working time with the family time .
Disadvantages of unions in a healthcare
It is very expensive to join the existing labour unions.Especially for the new nurses.All nurses are forced to join the union so as to be part of the existing nurses.Failure to join, would result into a negative feedback.Theredore, each nurse is forced to join the labour union. Each labour union charges differently and the entry fee as well as the monrhly charges are charged differently.Therefore each nurse will be forced to dig dip so as to have a clear understanding of the existing labor unions before joining.
Additionslly, nurses waste alot of time, attending to this labor unions meetings.The labor unions at the state , have a scheduled period at which it should happen.Even in case of emergency nurses will be forced to attend to the union meeting instead of carrying out their duties of saving lives.
Conclusion
Unions are of great importance to the health facilities.Because the unions betters communication between the employees and the employers.Thereby more is likely to be attained via the labor unions, than when we do not have any labor union.On the other hand the management of the unions, should be carried out by professionals, so as to achieve more in this unions.
References
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