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May 17, 2007
Too Good To Be True
That's how people often view our descriptions of the benefits, short term and long term, of CR.
But anyway. Today's entry is about my happy day yesterday.
WE WON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
134 to 86. Congratulations brave nurses!
They were *ecstatic* as you might imagine.
Now, onward to negotiate a contract... that means electing a bargaining committee with nurses from every unit and floor to represent the department, collecting more contract surveys, getting folks focused on what they want to improve, etc.
And I need to run another campaign in Scranton. I'll be supervising aspects of this campaign, but transitioning large parts of it to the other half of our staff who are responsible for already organized places. These folks will be getting a great guy, an attorney with lots of experience, to be there permanent staff rep. Some of the leaders met him yesterday.
Tonight, one of my friends is taking me and my second-in-command out to dinner to celebrate. We are so happy.
Headline for today is taking from a Shawn Colvin song, "Whole New You," which is a great self-transformation song if there ever was one:
Shake the lonliness and shine the light
Take all your tears and save em for a rainy night
Go and wish on every star that's fallen
Shake your head in wonder when it's all too good to be true.
Posted by april at May 17, 2007 7:42 AM
Comments
If that's the case, then the theory of "if it seems too good to be true, it probably is" has just been proven false.
Posted by: Rebecca at May 17, 2007 7:51 AM
Congratulations!!!
Posted by: Jennifer at May 17, 2007 8:46 AM
Crongrats!!! Time to relax now?
Posted by: carolyn at May 17, 2007 8:59 AM
Hooray! Enjoy dinner!
Posted by: Hilary at May 17, 2007 12:58 PM
Congrats on the win :)
Posted by: gregg m. at May 17, 2007 3:13 PM
Hooray!
Posted by: Gina at May 17, 2007 7:48 PM