title: Collaboration in labor relations. A model for success.
abstract: Proliferation of bargaining units in currently unionized organizations will create new challenges and complexities for nurse executives. Although the literature abounds with strategies to prevent unionization, little had been presented on establishing and maintaining effective relations with bargaining units. The authors focus on currently unionized nursing practice environments and present a model for facilitating positive, cooperative relations between unions, the nursing profession, and the healthcare organization.
authors.affiliation: Nursing and Patient Services, Western Reserve Care System, Youngstown, OH.
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Flarey
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Yoder
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Barabas
mesh_terms: D000575:American Nurses' Association; D003098:Collective Bargaining; D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D016294:Models, Nursing; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009718:Nurse Administrators; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital; D014481:United States