[Histonet] Unregistered HT

[Rene J Buesa]

The issue remains the WE cannot impose on others how we are viewed. No matter how many brain storming meetings there are about "demanding" respect the issue remains that those who have to respect us have to do so.
Short of a national strike (absolutely impossible to achieve) or a national union (that will be fought to the death) the only thing we can do is to stand for our rights of being treated as professionals every time somebody, either pathologist or administrator, disrespects us. And who, may I ask, will be able to do that in an economic situation as the present one? Who is going to risk his or her job just "to demand respect"?
That is an illusion. Unfortunately the economic situation impedes any action and those who can will keep disrespecting us as long as they can get away with it.
Having a good "position statement" about "what does it mean to be a professional" is an exercise in futility that probably for those who wrote it may have meant being able to have 1 or 2 days paid without actual work to do.
René J.


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From: Clare Thornton <CThornton <@t> dahlchase.com>
To: Clare Thornton <CThornton <@t> dahlchase.com>; 'Emily Sours' <talulahgosh <@t> gmail.com> 
Cc: "histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu" <histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu> 
Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2013 1:20 PM
Subject: RE: [Histonet] Unregistered HT


My apologies, the editorial was in the September 2011 issue of Journal of Histotechnology.  I have a pdf of it, will be happy to email.


Clare J. Thornton, HTL(ASCP)QIHC 
Assistant Histology Supervisor
Dahl-Chase Diagnostic Services
417 State Street, Suite 540
Bangor, ME 04401
cthornton <@t> dahlchase.com





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Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2013 10:20 AM
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Look for a position paper presented by members of the NSH BOD in the Journal of Histotechnology after the national convention in Vancouver last year.  I'm not sure of the exact issue (thought I still had it on my desk).  This will explain what being a laboratory professional is and why it is so important that as histotechnologists we are viewed as such.


Clare J. Thornton, HTL(ASCP)QIHC 
Assistant Histology Supervisor
Dahl-Chase Diagnostic Services
417 State Street, Suite 540
Bangor, ME 04401
cthornton <@t> dahlchase.com




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From: histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Emily Sours
Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2013 9:58 AM
Cc: histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
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Do you get paid more with that title? Just curious, I'm not sure what "laboratory professional" means, as I'm not in that kind of lab.
Or is it a respect thing?

Emily

"By bitching and bitching and bitching, they could exhaust the drama of their own horror stories. Grow bored. Only then could they accept a new story for their lives. Move forward."

-Chuck Palahniuk, "Haunted"


On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 7:32 PM, Jennifer MacDonald <JMacDonald <@t> mtsac.edu>wrote:

> As long as we do not need certification, licensure and minium 
> education requirements we will not be recognized as Laboratory Professionals.
>
>
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