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"CNA/NNU will make you go on strike."
Myth #11
The administration will claim that CNA/NNU will force you to go out on
strike and can call one at any time. They will say that during a strike you
will lose work. They will ask how you will support your family if you are
"forced" out on strike. They will say that you are abandoning patients and
compromising care.
It's your decision.
In CNA/NNU, you cannot be forced out on strike. Only RNs
at your hospital can decide to strike through a secret ballot vote
that has to be approved by overwhelming majority. No other
CNA/NNU officer, representative, or member from another
hospital can make you strike.
The 2007 Sutter Health strike was approved by a 95 percent vote
of the RNs.
Strikes are rare.
A strike is the most drastic weapon, and it is used with caution,
careful preparation, and only as a last resort. Ninety percent of
CNA/NNU contracts are successfully negotiated without a strike.
CNA/NNU strikes are typically one to two days.
CNA/NNU RNs usually vote to strike from one to two days, though
sometimes the hospital keeps the nurses out for a few more days
after the strike. CNA/NNU assists RNs who need to work else-
where during a strike through job fairs and registries.
Truth:
