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Diary of a Nursing Home Agitator
The Diary of a Nursing Home Agitator
[table of contents from pamphlet]
page #
1 1974 Contract Ties Large Pay Hike To Job Cuts
2 Agitation Leads To Termination
4 Two Waves Of Mass Resignation
6 The Formation Of An Ad-hoc Grievance Committee
8 Two Union Stewards, Two Union Regimes
9 The Union Leadership Makes A Deal
To Eliminate Paid Sick Leave
10 The Turning Point In A Battle For Union Recognition:
A Picket Line And March In White Bear Lake, MN
12 The Area-wide Grocery Store Contract
13 A Call to Arms Against Carter's Guidelines
17 Bargaining Committee Delegates Chosen In Rigged Elections
19 The Bargaining Committee Opens For Business As Usual
21 The Secret Wage Package And Strike Authorization Vote
22 The Union Bids Low, Employers Bid High
24 How a 7% Wage Increase Equaled Communism
25 The One-at-a-Time Strategy
26 The Final Offer
29 The One-at-a-Time Strategy And Wage Restructuring
31 An Effect Of Racist and Sexist Hiring Practices
32 A Debate Over Bargaining Strategy
33 The Understaffing Crisis
36 The War Against Licensed Nurses
38 Organizing The Unorganized