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Anti-union person at work doesn’t know what she’s talking about

Just popped in my head, but I used to work in the Emergency Room. This was about a year after COVID-19. Everyone was burnt out and people were quitting in droves. Serious breakdowns in patient and provider safety were happening and management was not listening. Anyway, nothing ever came of it, but I tried to organize a petition to vote for a union to represent our hospital. I worked with this nurse for an entire 12 hour shift and laid out my ideas. She praised me the entire time, and was even stopping other nurses who walked by to sign my petition. I knew she was a Trumper, so I intentionally didn’t use the word “union” until the last 5 minutes of the shift. As soon as I did, “Union!? Oh hell no. Go ahead and do your little petition and little surveys, but unions are bad.”


Just popped in my head, but I used to work in the Emergency Room. This was about a year after COVID-19. Everyone was burnt out and people were quitting in droves. Serious breakdowns in patient and provider safety were happening and management was not listening.

Anyway, nothing ever came of it, but I tried to organize a petition to vote for a union to represent our hospital. I worked with this nurse for an entire 12 hour shift and laid out my ideas. She praised me the entire time, and was even stopping other nurses who walked by to sign my petition. I knew she was a Trumper, so I intentionally didn’t use the word “union” until the last 5 minutes of the shift. As soon as I did, “Union!? Oh hell no. Go ahead and do your little petition and little surveys, but unions are bad.”

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