SEIU nurses in many other states have also been chafing under SEIU representation and looking for change.
"This historic vote is a window to a rebellion brewing among SEIU nurses across the nation who are fed up with a union that cares more about shady deals with employers than in securing a strong, effective voice for nurses and patients," said CNA/NNOC Executive Director Rose Ann DeMoro.
DeMoro said that CNA/NNOC has been receiving cards, calls, and e-mails from SEIU RNs from coast to coast seeking a way they can also leave SEIU and join the national nurses' movement that CNA/NNOC is leading.
CNA/NNOC has grown by more than 375 percent the past dozen years and now has 80,000 members overall from coast to coast. CNA/NNOC is also the largest organization in Catholic hospitals across the U.S. representing 18,000 RNs in 38 Catholic hospitals.
| SOURCE California Nurses Association; National Nurses OrganizingCommittee Copyright©2008 PR Newswire. All rights reserved |