The 1974 Taft-Hartley Amendments to the Waggoner Act guaranteed:
a. nurses do not have to strike
b. the continuation of adequate patient care
c. nurses can vote to strike
d. nurses can have a spokesman
B
The decision to strike is made only if the majority of union members decide to do so. Provisions set forth in the 1974 Taft-Hartley Amendments to the Waggoner Act guarantee a continuation of adequate patient care by requiring the union provide contract expiration notice and advance strike notice, making medications mandatory, and giving the hospital or agency the option of establishing a board of inquiry prior to work stoppage.
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