There has already been a lot of misinformation spread by management. Some managers are saying things like, "A union would not help us" or "A union doesn't work for our floor."
The reality is that in a Nurses Union, nurses from different units designate a union representative so that the nurses on your unit can focus on the specific things that they need and changes they would like to see. Yes, there will be hospital-wide changes set, such as wages, benefits, and job security. Nothing about your unit's daily administrative operations, such as scheduling, time off requests, or overtime requests need to change if you don't want them to. If you are completely happy with the way your unit runs, then focus on higher wages and better benefits for a field that is in extremely high worldwide demand, yet can't even get a raise consistent with inflation.
So when a manager says, "A union won't work for us", ask yourself what does work for them? Do they just get to keep making all of the decisions, keeping our wages and benefits suppressed, expecting us to take on more patients and liability, changing whatever they want regardless of considerations for patient safety or nurse well-being, without our input?
THAT SHOULD BE WHAT DOES NOT WORK FOR US!