I'm curious what your definition of having a difficult time in the labor
market means? Nursing unions have had some success in recent years - more
than most industries - and I believe nurses salaries have been increasing,
even if they lag what their professional status no doubt deserves.
Curious
>I'm curious what your definition of having a difficult time in the labor
>market means? Nursing unions have had some success in recent years - more
>than most industries - and I believe nurses salaries have been increasing,
>even if they lag what their professional status no doubt deserves.
>
>C
Michael Perelman wrote:
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> Nurses are highly trained and in very short supply.
Some occupations can be simultaneously in short supply and in surplus.
This has been the case with teachers for 30 years. In terms of material
need, there has been a desperate shortage of teachers. In terms of the
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>From: "Yoshie Furuhashi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>>Curious what you are noting here?
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>>Nathan Newman
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>-I think Michael is referring to the problems of under-staffing &
>-mandatory overtime:
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>But the need for mandatory overtime to deal with under-staffing is ex
Michael Perelman asked:
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Nurses are highly trained and in very short supply. Why is it
then that nurses are having such a difficult time in the labor
market, especially with regard to working conditions. The recent
Supreme Court decision will undoubtedly make things worse, but my
question concer
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From: "Yoshie Furuhashi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Curious what you are noting here?
>
>Nathan Newman
-I think Michael is referring to the problems of under-staffing &
-mandatory overtime:
But the need for mandatory overtime to deal with under-staffing is exactly
what i
Michael is probably most aware of the situation at the
local Chico hospital, where the nurses have unified
after about a decade-long fight. First vote, about
four years ago, came up negative, and the most recent
vote for unionization passed. In both organizing
efforts, organizers were targeted (st
Couple your remarks with Tim's description of Chico's Enloe hospital.
I think that the nurse situation happens to be important because it seems
to refute the common understanding of how labor markets work. Of course,
the new trend of redefining nurses as supervisors will make their
situation eve
