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Kent nurse mounts drive to de-authorize hospital union
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Less than a week after nurses won their first union negotiated contract with Kent Hospital, an emergency department nurse and union representative is mounting an effort to de-authorize the union, thereby giving the hospital’s 670 nurses the right to decide whether they want to pay dues or not.
Jeanette Geary said Tuesday that she has been in contact with the National Right to Work Foundation and aims to circulate a petition, the first step to a de-authorization vote as soon as she educates nurses on their rights and the action they can take.
Prompting Geary’s actions are what she considers a lack of information distributed by the union, the manner in which the contract vote was conducted and union misinformation.
posted in: news, Rhode Island
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