ATTITUDES OF PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL OF NURSING FACULTY TOWARD COLLECTIVE BARGAINING IN THE SERVICE SETTING

MARY S. TILBURY

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DOI: 10.2190/GJLM-9KPL-GE5W-5CYN

Abstract

Collective bargaining activity by nurses is a fairly recent event in the health care industry and in labor-management relations. This article reports the findings of a study designed to identify the attitudes of baccalaureate nursing faculty toward collective bargaining. The project is based on the premise that faculty attitudes are critical factor in shaping the views of future practitioners. The attitude of faculty was found, at best, conditional. Consensus is lacking in such areas as professionalization vs. unionization and in feelings about the use of the strike. An active and comprehensive faculty education program is suggested as a means of resolving weak consensus.

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