Pay and Benefits

Nursing historically has been an undervalued profession.


While nursing salaries have come a long way in the last decade or so, they have yet to match the high level of education, skills, and responsibility required of the profession.

Now that a serious nursing shortage is emerging, it’s more important than ever to improve nurses’ pay and benefits.

Through their unions, nurses are negotiating pay scales and benefit packages that attract and retain nurses.

 

Find out more about how forming a union means higher pay and better benefits.

» Bargaining for Higher Pay

» Bargaining for Better Benefits

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