The staff members in a local Emergency Department are experiencing stress and burnout as the result of excessive overtime. The staff decides to unionize to negotiate for better working condi-tions

The increase in unionization within health care may be attributed to the: a. Movement from being "blue-collar work-ers" to being "knowledge workers."
b. Excess profits in health care.
c. Level of risk that exists for health care.
d. Number of people who are involved in health care.


D
As technology replaces unskilled workers, fewer workers are available for trade-union organizing, which has led to declines in union memberships. Nurses represent a large pool of workers who may be available for union organizing in the face of the declining pool available elsewhere.

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