AMERICAN RED CROSS: Union employees call strike...

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Here in Michigan, unionized Red Cross workers went on strike. I didn’t know Red Cross had unionized workers.

It seems that blood drives held on 9/11, especially this 9/11 (10^th Anniversary) bring in the most blood donors. The unions struck before that anniversary but went back to work temporarily when Red Cross officials agreed to pay the workers for their time while striking? Does this even make sense or does the Red Cross have no choice but to do what the unions ask or lose out on their biggest blood donor day.

It seems the national Red Cross organization has had to make some changes, like most companies during this recession, to the benefits it pays its workers. It appears that the unionized workers in Michigan don’t like those changes so their striking.

The American Red Cross collects blood donations from the public and sells those units to hospitals, etc. Since blood has an expiration date, those collections have to be on-going.

Should workers involved in producing a life saving product be allowed to strike? Why did the Red Cross even allow unionization knowing full well that a strike could not only cripple the company but endanger the public?

I thought the Red Cross is a non-profit organization that helps during disasters, what the hell is it doing with unionized workers? See how much I know about the organization even though I have worked in hospital blood banks and have collected blood units in emergency situations.

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