Backus United

I have been called many things, grandpa, nurse, husband, brother, and some I choose not to repeat. I am retired as a RN in an emergency room at a community hospital and I serve as Executive Vice President of AFT Connecticut. This blog is about my views and my life.

Friday, June 29, 2012

Just compensation

I'm told that when my grandfather served in the Rhode Island Senate he was payed $17 a year. I know being a senator is something one ...

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Like a smoothly running machine

Monday was a crazy day in the Emergency Department, as most Mondays are. The rooms were full, patients were on stretchers in the hall, I wa...

Sunday, June 24, 2012

Understanding our Contract Articles 4-8

We are done reviewing the contract and are in the process of getting all the Bargaining Committee members to sign it. That should be done i...

Thursday, June 21, 2012

Understanding our contract, Articles 1,2,3

I thought I might work my way through our contract and do my best to explain the articles. Please remember, I am not a labor lawyer, and so...

Sunday, June 17, 2012

Dad

I've written about my Dad before. Today, I guess because it's Father's Day, I found myself thinking about him again, and feelin...

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