When you join a nurses union like UAN, you gain an equal partnership with employers in making the decisions that affect you and your patients. You also gain the power of a union contract—a contract which protects you, your practice, your patients, your job and your future.

The freedom to choose a voice on the job with a union is a basic human right, guaranteed by U.S. labor laws—and exercising that choice can be hard work. Though there are challenges and roadblocks employers may throw in your way on the road to organizing, the journey is worth it!

Having a union also can pay off monetarily. For nurses, having a union means earning 14 percent more than those nurses without a union, according to the most current data from the Bureau of National Affairs. Union RNs have average weekly earnings of $980, while non-union RNs were paid an average of $860 per week—that’s a union premium of $120 per week, or $6,240 per year!

Contact us to organize with UAN—call 1-877-262-6742 today or email organize@UANNurse.org.