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Steve1579 Wrote: Feb 05, 2013 5:29 PM
I agree. There was a time that they were very much needed. My wife had to join the nurses Union in Califonia when she started work in tghe San Diego area..when a problem arose between her and her employer, the union, which had taken a feww months dues from her, refused to step in and elp her, because she had not been a mem ber long enough to ive them a lot of dues money.Pretty well proved what their priorities were. The Hospital eventually went under after my wife left their employment.
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