United American Nurses (UAN) press release about the Michigan Nurses Association
See this press release from the UAN President Ann Converso regarding the Michigan Nurses Association's withdrawl from the American Nurses Association.
http://www.uannurse.org/media/press.html?view=press_release&press_id=356&year=2008.
Statement by UAN President on Disaffiliation of the Michigan Nurses Association from the American Nurses Association
Silver Spring, MD – UAN President Ann Converso, RN, today commended the members of the Michigan Nurses Association for their longstanding commitment to staff nurses, the union movement and the important work of the United American Nurses, AFL-CIO:
“In their recent decision to withdraw from the American Nurses Association, the Michigan Nurses Association again demonstrates that their first and foremost priority is to champion the cause of staff nurses. By comparison, actions by the American Nurses Association at their House of Delegates made it clear that staff nurses are an afterthought or even an annoyance on the ANA priority list.
“On behalf of the UAN Executive Council, I salute MNA for taking this courageous stand for staff nurses, our patients and our profession. Despite the decisions by the ANA House to once again relegate staff nurses to second-class citizens within their organization, UAN remains steadfast in our mission to have staff nurses driving our organization—in our fight for safe staffing ratios, safe patient handling legislation, the right to choose a union, organizing unorganized nurses and more. I know we will be successful because we are building on the powerful work undertaken by MNA and other strong UAN Affiliates in their own states.”
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I posted about this mess starting months ago and the crap is hitting the fan now that the ANA House of Delegates is over. This is the reason why the majority of nurses don't join and support the ANA Enterprise unless its mandated.
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