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Contents
INTRODUCTION: 04
• About CNA/NNU: The National RN Movement
• Why do hospitals hire anti-union consultants?
(aka union busters)
• Your right to organize
• How to navigate and win
MYTH #1: 08
With CNA/NNU, you lose your flexibility
in scheduling.
MYTH #2: 09
With CNA/NNU, you won't be able to deal
directly with your manager.
MYTH #3: 10
Managers and unit coordinators can't help us
with patient care in a CNA/NNU facility.
MYTH #4: 11
The hospital won't be able to discipline
or terminate incompetent RNs with
a CNA/NNU contract in place.
MYTH #5: 12
CNA/NNU can't do anything about staffing
and patient care.
MYTH #6: 16
California's ratios are failing.
There is no proof that ratios improve care.
MYTH #7: 17
There are no guarantees with collective
bargaining.
MYTH #8: 18
Nurses won't have any power in the negotiating
process. CNA/NNU staff will be at the bargaining
table, not the RNs.
