Found a list on the inter webs. This is what I'm talking about.

https://www.aetna.com/about-ae...onym_definitions.pdf

Well, wife adds an acronym not on that list ...

M.D., FACOG

I saw another list by a big health system that had acronyms for all the “fellow of society X” out there. It was a long list.

Those initials actually are relevant. They often represent significant extra training and testing.

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Originally posted by Nina:

As an aside, I had one person tell me that I MUST get a faculty appointment. What for? Because the union raises are so much better. I should have listened to that person...

We have no union and, what is more, it is illegal for us to have one.

Oh, Oklahoma...

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We have no union and, what is more, it is illegal for us to have one.

Same.

Yay, right to work states.

ASU employees (I think just staff) are trying to unionize now. This could get really interesting....

There is nothing inherently illegal about unions in right to work states that I'm aware of. This may be post-Janus or true always, but "right to work" generally means that the union can't require an employee to join and pay union dues. The NLRA (nat'l labor relations act) allows all private employees to form a union without employer interference. But I do think public employee rights very from state to state. I think.

I know you can unionize as a public employee in Arizona.

You know way more than I do. I know that I read it was illegal, but it was probably somebody oversimplifying the issue on social media.

In any case, I can't see it happening.