Professional

Organizations, Unions,
Collective and Individual
Bargaining

SAIMA HABEEB
MSC (N) IST YEAR
TERMINOLOGIES
•Professional : Relating to or belonging to a
profession.
•Organization : A systematic arrangement /approach.
•Bargaining : An agreement made between people
saying what each will do for other.

•Negotiation : Discussion aimed at reaching an

agreement
•Dispute : An argument or disagreement
•Standard : A required or agreed level of quality
or achievement
Professional
Organizations in
Nursing
ORGANIZATION : According to L. White,
"Organization is the arrangement of personnel for
facilitating the accomplishment of some agreed
purpose through allocation of functions and
responsibilities.“

Definition of Professional Organization:

A professional Organization is an organization,
usually nonprofit that exists to a particular
profession, to protect both public interests and the
interests of professionals.
FUNCTIONS OF PROFESSIONAL
ORGANIZATIONS:-
To advance excellence in nursing education
to prepare nurses to meet the needs of a
diverse population in a health care
environment.
To set standards for excellence and
innovation of nursing education.
To focus on specific areas .
To help in presenting the educational
program and publish journals.
INTERNATIONAL PROFESSIONAL
ORGANIZATIONS
International council of
nurses (1899)
MISSION: advancing the profession and
influencing health policy.
World’s largest and widest reaching
International organization
130 National Nurses Organizations
Operated by nurse for nurses.
ICN works to ensure quality nursing care for
all, sound health policies globally, and the
advancement of nursing knowledge
CONTD….
ICN code for nurses is the foundation for
ethical nursing practices throughout the world.

ICN advances nursing, nurses and health

through its policies, partnership, and
leadership development, ICN is particularly
active in:
•Professional nursing practice
•Nursing regulations
•Socio economic welfare for nurses
Goals of ICN:
To represent nurses and nursing
internationally.
To bring nursing together worldwide.
To advance nurses and nursing profession
worldwide.
To influence health policy.
 Governance of I.C.N:
Meetings: ICN meets every 4 years.
The quadrennial meetings are called as
"Congresses" and when they are in session, the
organization is called as the International
Congress of Nurses.

ICN BOARD OF DIRECTORS

President
3 vice-president
11 members
 FUNCTIONS OF I.C.N

To provide policy directions to fulfill the

objectives of ICN.
To establish categories of membership and
determine their rights and obligations.
To receive nominees for the board and to
elect the board.
To receive and consider information from the
board regarding ICN activities.
Publication: International Nursing Review.
2.American Nurses
Association
established in 1911.
To foster high standards of nursing practice and to
promote the educational and professional
advancement of nurses so that all people have better
nursing care.
To improve quality of nursing care
Activities:
Develop educational standard
Promote nursing research
Establish a professional code of ethics.
Assist with professional development of nurses.
MEMBERSHIP &
PUBLICATION

Federation of state nurses

association
Individual nurses can participate in
ANA by joining their respective
state nurses association.
American general of nursing.
American nurse (official news
paper)
C0mm0n Wealth
Nurses Federation
Organized in 1973 with
its headquarters in
London.
It is made up of nurses
association from
common wealth
countries.
The TNAI is also
affiliated with the
Commonwealth Nurses
Federation.
AIMS:
Promote sharing, better communications and
closer relationships between its member
associations.
Provide expert professional advice.
Scholarships for advanced study.
Financial assistance for professional meetings
and seminars.
NATIONAL
PROFESSIONAL
ORGANIZATIONS
Trained nurses
association of India
(T.N.A.I)
T.N.A.I. is the national professional
association of nurses. The association had its
beginning in the association of nursing
superintendents which was founded in 1905
at Lucknow.
Non- secretarian, non – political professional
organization whose membership is open to all
RNS who are recognized by INC.
Objectives:
Uphold the dignity and honor of nursing
profession.
AIMS OF T.N.A.I
Development of various colleges of
nursing in the different states of India.

To improve the living and working

conditions of the nurses and also develop
the educational conditions available for
nursing.

To improve the economic standards of the

nurses in India.
Membership: The membership consists of:
 Full Members
 Associate Members
 Affiliate Members

 Membership of TNAI is obtained by

application and submission of copy of
one‘s state registration certificate. One
can apply for a life membership.
Activities/benefits of T.N.A.I
Conferences
Publications
Continuing education programme
Socio-economic welfare programmes
Research
Scholarships
One fourth railway concession
 PUBLICATION:

o Hand Book of T.N.A.I. , published in1913

o Nursing Journal of India published
Student Nurses
Association(S.N.A)
 This association is within the jurisdiction of
T.N.A.I, which was established in 1929. I.
There is a full time secretary for SNA at
national level.

OBJECTIVES OF S.N.A:
1. To help student to uphold the dignity and
ideals of the profession for which they are
qualifying.
2. To promote a corporate spirit among
students.
Activities Of S.N.A
Organization of meetings & conferences

Maintenance of diary:
Exhibition:
Public speaking and writing
Project undertaking
Fund raising:
Other activities:
United we stand
divided we fail ”
 UNION
 Union mean s a group of people who
work in the same field, who join
together to negotiate with employer.
 Thus it is defined as a continuing, long
term association of employees formed
and maintained for the specific
purpose, advancing and protecting the
interests of members in their working
relationships with the employers.
AIM:

To bring the problems of the nurses

to the notice of the authorities.
Three unions of nurses are working
at the central level:
All Indian Government Nurses
Federation(AIGNF)
Trained Nurses Union (TNU)
Trained Nurses Association of
India (TNAI)
Features of union
It is association of employees
It is relatively permanent.
It is formed for securing economic and
social benefits to members
Its focus is on joint, coordinated action
and collective bargaining .
PURPOSES OF
UNIONS:
To be the instruement for solving
problems
To secure fair wages for workers
To promote individual and
collective well- being.
To promote interest of workers.
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
 CONTD……
ILO has defined Collective Bargaining as, negotiation about
working conditions and terms of employment between an
employer and a group of employees or one or more employee,
organization with a view to reaching an agreement wherein
the terms serve as a code of defining the rights and obligations
of each party in their employment/ industrial relations with
one another.
 Importance of Collective
bargaining

Better understanding between both

parties.
It is a democratic method of regulating the
terms and conditions of employment.
helps the employees from the exploitation
of employer.
Helps in implementation
of decisions.
OBJECTIVES
To maintain cordial relations between
employer and employees.
To promote democracy.
To promote the interest of nurse
employees through collective action.
To prevent unilateral actions to nurse
employees
CHARACTERISTICS
It a bipartite process.
Collective bargaining tends to improve
the relations between workers and the
union on the one hand and the
employer on the other.
Collective Bargaining is continuous
process.
It is a flexible approach.
 PROCESS

Prepare
Discuss
Propose
Bargain
Settlement
 Levels Of Collective Bargaining

Collective bargaining operates at three

levels:

1. National level

2. Sector or industry level

3. Company/enterprise level
 Types of Collective
Bargaining

Distributive bargaining:

Integrative bargaining

Attitudinal restructuring

Intra-organizational bargaining:
CONTD…

Feelings of powerlessness
Multiple unions or weak unions
Non-recognition
Political interference
Hospital (employer) refuses to
bargain with nursing organizations.
 Contract to guide standards.

Participation in decision-making
process.

Process exists to question

manager’s authority if member
feels something was done unjustly
 Reduced individuality

Other union members may

outvote one’s decision.

Disputes are not handled with

individual and management only;
less room for personal judgment.
Individual Bargaining

Negotiations between a single

employer and his employee.
Individual bargaining gives the
employer much greater strength
than Collective Bargaining
Advantages Disadvantages
Low Market failures
administrative
costs Lack of
Individualized bargaining
solutions power
“Coming together is a
beginning, keeping together
is Progress and working
together is success.”

- Henry Ford
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