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Strike nursing job action: A historical perspective and a future outlook



U.S. Nursing is the premier provider of job action services in the United States. We are often notified of pending job actions, and immediately begin to recruit a team of highly qualified healthcare professionals. New opportunities are posted frequently and placement is competitive, so check back often for the latest updates.


$500 Referral Bonus - Refer a licensed RN and receive a $500 referral bonus once that candidate completes the strike. New applicant must be a first-time applicant in our database, and must spell your name (the referrer) correctly on their application. New applicant MUST complete the strike in order for you to receive a bonus.




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Since 1989, U.S. Nursing has been working with healthcare facilities and nursing professionals to provide turn-key staffing solutions during labor disputes. U.S. Nursing has staffed or helped avert more than 95% of all healthcare labor disputes nationwide, and is the pioneer and industry leader for comprehensive services throughout strike preparation and implementation.


For added protection, most healthcare systems hire strike security during labor disputes to act as a deterrent, capture evidence on the picket line, and keep their patients, non-union employees and strike replacement workers safe for the duration of the labor dispute. There are many security agencies out there that specialize in strike security such as MADICORP, AFIMAC, and Huffmaster. These agencies work with the healthcare company to ensure everyone on the picket line is on their best behavior and that any illegal acts or violations of the National Labor Relations Act are captured on video and used as evidence to support temporary restraining orders, injunctions or arrests, if necessary.


U. S. Nursing is the premier strike nurse agency provider of job action services within the United States and it has been providing continuous and quality patient care since 1989. To apply, simply provide your email address, fill out a 45-second questionnaire, and then will reach out to you. Signing up will also add you to their list for job action alerts.


Huffmaster is a nationally recognized staffing agency providing single-source strike staffing solutions to hospitals, nursing homes, and assisted living facilities. Huffmaster is always accepting applications for Registered Nurses, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists, Licensed Practical Nurses, Licensed Vocational Nurses, and Certified Nursing Assistants.


HSG Strike staffing is the largest healthcare strike staffing company in the U.S. They place nurses and allied healthcare professionals in high-demand healthcare strike jobs and provide competitive compensation and little to no cost accommodations.


HSG consistently meets or exceeds the rates paid by other agencies; however, the pay for particular specialties will vary with the hospital and geographical area. While working a strike, HSG will provide per diem for each day worked.


As a nationally-recognized healthcare staffing agency, Huffmaster provides single-source strike staffing solutions to national healthcare clients including hospitals, nursing homes and assisted living facilities. By providing replacement personnel during a strike, our clients can continue their vital operations during labor disputes.


We provide you with an airline ticket at the beginning and end of the assignment. If you live within 300 miles of the strike and wish to drive, we will reimburse mileage up to 300 miles each way. Upon arrival at the destination city, a Huffmaster representative will transport you to the hotel. We provide you with the cell phone numbers of who to contact should you experience any difficulties throughout your travel and the duration of the job action.


Every job action is unique. Depending on the specific job assignment, we may offer reimbursement and/or license you for that state. Some states are compact states in which there is reciprocity, and in some we may be able to license you in advance. Based upon the location and individual job actions, licensing instructions are provided. If we are going to reimburse licenses, it must be pre-approved in advance and you must include an original receipt to be reimbursed. We will reimburse licensing expenses for candidates with complete files and who have been notified they are confirmed and on the schedule.


Pay rates are set per job action and can vary based on many factors. Please speak to a recruiter for the rate of pay on specific assignments. Employment documents as well as a deployment agreement will be sent prior to each job action and will list the rate of pay for that specific assignment.


Depending on the size of the job action, we may offer referral bonuses. Please see specific written directions on who qualifies for a referral bonus. At a minimum, when offered, the people referred must be new to our company/database after we start the referral program and must list you as the person who referred them for the assignment.


We consult with organizations like yours so you can respond quickly during a crisis or strike. After assessing your needs, we deploy clinical and non-clinical experts to hospitals, nursing homes, employers, state governments, airlines, prisons and more across the country.


The nurses are in a powerful position to mobilize the active support of the entire Michigan Medical staff, professors, students and university employees, as well as autoworkers, teachers, logistics workers and other sections of the working class across the state and nationally behind a strike to reverse years of job-cutting, speedup and reductions in real wages.


Medical Solutions is recruiting for a possible September strike in Michigan. All nursing specialties are welcome. We will assist and pay for your license up front, no reimbursements necessary. Please complete the link and call ASAP to reserve a spot.


Ever wonder what it takes to get started? Our team is here to walk you through what it takes to become a strike nurse or allied strike healthcare professional. Submit your application today, to get the details of what is needed and what to expect as you embark on a new journey.


Strike nurses have the unique opportunity to experience new places and meet new people, all while doing what they love, taking care of patients. Qualified candidates like you, are crucial to maintaining quality patient care during strikes.


Interested nursing candidates will be provided with minimum hour guarantees during the assignment, travel and housing accommodations at no-cost to you and an on-site nursing advocate to ensure your interests and needs are met during this time.


For more than 25 years, Medical Solutions Strike Staffing, formerly known as Nurse Bridge, has been helping healthcare facilities affected by labor disputes and personnel shortages. Once we are notified when a job action might occur, we immediately begin recruiting skilled nurses and allied health professionals.


The vote, taken over two separate Zoom calls that ended at 9 p.m., sets the clock ticking for the UW Health Board and administrators to meet with nurses and agree to again negotiate with their union, SEIU Healthcare Wisconsin. If they don't, the hospital system could see nurses participating in a strike from 7 a.m. Sept. 13 until 7 a.m. Sept. 16.


"We are ready to take this step and strike because the hospital hasn't left us any other options," Sielaff said. "We are giving the hospital notice and patients in the long term will get better care than they are getting now."


"They will harm patients knowing that their actions will not gain them an answer to these legal questions," Kumlien said in a statement Thursday. "They will also harm patients knowing there is a better option."


As the COVID-19 pandemic drags into its third year, the shortages have contributed to burnout and concerns among nurses over increasingly higher patient-to-staff ratios. Nurses across the country, including earlier this month in Minnesota, are threatening to strike if working conditions do not improve.


Wisconsin hospitals with SEIU Healthcare Wisconsin nurses' unions include Meriter Hospital in Madison, Gundersen Health in La Crosse and ThedaCare in Appleton. Those nurses would not be participating in the strike, as their unions are recognized by their employers.


Then, as now, the issues were not primarily monetary. If they had been, a labor-management stalemate might have been avoided. Instead, the 1984 strike revolved around a contentious dispute over working conditions and job security. For their part, the nurses maintained that they were being forced into layoffs and part-time work without adequate protection for their seniority. In response, the hospitals claimed that they needed the flexibility to manage work schedules in order to respond to fluctuating patient levels.The stalemate arose at a time when hospitals were experiencing a sharp drop in occupancy. Earlier in the year, a study by the Metropolitan Health Planning Board showed that about 40 percent of the more than 10,000 acute-care beds in the Twin Cities area, on average, had been empty in 1983.


If you are wondering why these strikes happen, they are often the result of an ongoing dispute between healthcare systems and hospital labor/labor unions. Some strikes can last quite long. A recent strike at Allina Health System in Minnesota lasted 41 days, one of the longest strikes in history. Over that period Huffmaster, a strike relief staffing company put 1024 replacement nurses on site at Allina, including backfilling positions for nurses who needed to leave after the initial two-week commitment. This is a perfect example of the unpredictable nature of strike nursing. 2ff7e9595c


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