As an RN of 29 years and a CNA/NNOC RN who witnessed the dramatic vote for change by St. Rose Las Vegas RNs, who voted by 53% for CNA/NNOC, I am proud to post this diary today.

In the last few years, America's RNs have formed--at last--a National Nurses' Movement, with the creation of the first national union of RNs.  So far we are 80,000 RNs banding together for guaranteed healthcare, nursing practice, and a progressive labor movement, and that number grows daily.  As patient advocates we believe that this is the only path towards making sure that every one of our patients get the care they deserve.

You may know CNA/NNOC for its political profile, but it is the nurse organizing that has allowed us to make a difference for RNs across the country.  Here's a quick update on the incredible progress we're making just this week:

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As an RN of 29 years and a CNA/NNOC RN who witnessed the dramatic vote for change by St. Rose Las Vegas RNs, who voted by 53% for CNA/NNOC, I am proud to post this diary today.

In the last few years, America's RNs have formed--at last--a National Nurses' Movement, with the creation of the first national union of RNs.  So far we are 80,000 RNs banding together for guaranteed healthcare, nursing practice, and a progressive labor movement, and that number grows daily.  As patient advocates we believe that this is the only path towards making sure that every one of our patients get the care they deserve.

You may know CNA/NNOC for its political profile, but it is the nurse organizing that has allowed us to make a difference for RNs across the country.  Here's a quick update on the incredible progress we're making just this week:

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The New York Times and Wall St. Journal both cover the incredible events at Saturday's Labor Notes conference in Michigan, where Andy Stern of SEIU International sent busload of male staffers to chase and harass RNs from the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee, in retaliation for CNA/NNOC defeating them in a controversial "company union" vote last month in Ohio.  Fortunately the targeted RNs were able to escape out a back door, but other conference-goers were not so lucky, with one woman sent to the hospital, and others punched, kicked, slapped, and shoved.

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SEIU RNs throughout California and the nation have had enough and have been signing up by the thousands to join their RN colleagues in the CNA/NNOC. Last December, RNs at Saint Mary's in Reno voted overwhelmingly for CNA/NNOC representation, rejecting SEIU's last minute attempt to derail the election and RNs at the St. Rose Dominican Hospitals in Las Vegas are voting in May to switch from SEIU to CNA.

Watch this video about how SEIU really operates as Las Vegas RNs and service employees speak from their hearts. SEIU members appearing in this video are not actors and were not paid or coaxed. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cgueWv0C AY

This is not surprising.  
RNs and RN issues have received even less support from SEIU since the SEIU reorganization last year. And even though LA County is SEIU's largest RN unit in the nation, only one LA County RN was chosen to be a delegate to the SEIU convention even though note many LA County RNs ran for delegate positions.

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