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Shirley Cruse Oral History Interview
Streaming Media
Description
Shirley Cruse talks about her work as a Certified Respiratory Technician at St. Vincent's and Christus St. Vincent's in Santa Fe, NM. She shares her experience starting with her union membership in District 1199 NM Hospital Workers Union in 1990 to the present. Cruse served as Vice president of the Technicians Bargaining Unit, as a delegate, and as the lead negotiator for the Nurses/Technicians in union contract negotiations from 1998-2011.
Publication Date
5-27-2016
Keywords
District 1199 NM Hospital Workers Union Technical Bargaining Unit; safe staffing; union negotiations and pension; corporate health care; changes in health care emphasis; workers' "say" and workers' rights
Disciplines
Labor History
Publisher
Digital Initiatives and Scholarly Communication, University Libraries, University of New Mexico
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Pinkey, Diane; Shirley Cruse; and Richard Wood. "Shirley Cruse Oral History Interview." (2016). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/wphnm/16
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Comments
1280x720; MP4; No institutional restrictions are placed on the use of this collection. Use of material is allowed for educational and research purposes. The University Libraries do not hold copyright.