UNION EYES

Optometry professionals across the country are joining together to improve our jobs and ensure we are able to uphold our profession as a service to the broader community.

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Our Mission

We are joining together to provide each other the support needed to improve our jobs and provide the public the best patient care possible. By forming a union we will gain the strength needed to directly address the workplace issues that matter most to us.

Quality Patient Care

We aim to create a strong network to support what we do best – patient care. This will allow us to make ethical and value judgements that align with the optometric oath we’ve all taken. Joining together in Union will allow us to uphold our profession as a service to the broader community.

Accessibility & Scheduling

Unionization gives us a voice in adopting and telehealth. It also gives us a seat at the table when discussing OD accessibility and scheduling. We cannot be bullied into automation and patient care efficiencies that are not in either ours or the patient’s best interest.

Focus on Our Health

We are healthcare providers first and foremost. We need to take care of ourselves so we can best take care of others. Forming a union will provide us optometric autonomy and independence.

IAM HEALTHCARE

We are 10,000 healthcare professionals and caregivers. We stand together for quality patient care, increased staffing levels, and safe working conditions. We are united to ensure patients in the US and Canada get the accessible and affordable care they deserve, and that healthcare professionals in both the public and private sector are provided the necessary resources to get the job done.
We are Registered Nurses, Counselors, Therapists, Licensed Practical Nurses, Firefighters, EMTs, Paramedics, Care Techs, Phlebotomists, Medical Technologists, Dietary Aides and Environmental Service Techs. We work in the Veterans Affairs Medical Centers, Hospitals, Nursing Homes and Rehabilitation Facilities, Residential Facilities, Ambulance Services, Dental and Medical offices.
Affiliated with the IAM, AFL-CIO.

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A SEAT AT THE TABLE

Collective bargaining is the process in which working people, through their unions, negotiate contracts with their employers to determine their terms of employment. By law, the employer is required to bargain over “wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment.” This includes: