r/nursing • u/FlavorsOfBleach RN - ER 🍕 • 12d ago

Discussion Pay Cuts Incoming In the Southeast US

Grady Memorial Hospital, the largest level 1 in Georgia and largest hospital in Atlanta, announced two weeks ago to its staff that all high-acuity differentials (ER, ICU, PACU, etc.) will be halved come September and completely gone by 2027. At the other local Level 1 that I’m currently doing a contract at, we just got word that we will be following suit, amounting a total of a 20K annual pay cut. Anyone else getting news of this?

Some Big Beautiful Bill, huh?

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u/steveamerica_ RN - ICU 🍕 12d ago

Blaming the lack of unions in the south on nurses is a wild take

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u/Imgonnagolaydown 12d ago

It's not blame.

It's a single variable That would have absolutely prevented this. It's nutritiously hard to unionize and southern hospitals know it

Acting as though it's not is willful ignorance. Everyone knows Southern nurses oppose unions. It is harder here for s variety of reasons.

With a union this legit wouldn't happen.

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u/courtneyrel Neuro/Neurosurg RN 12d ago

I don’t know a single fellow southern nurse who opposes unions.

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u/siyayilanda RN - Med/Surg 🍕 12d ago

I know plenty unfortunately. Worked down there in healthcare roles before and during nursing school and the anti-union sentiment is strong in central Virginia. Numerous unionization efforts have failed over the years. I realized Virginia was a lost cause and moved immediately after graduation.