The Benefits and Ethical Considerations of Medical Professionals Unionizing

Name Institutional Affiliations Date Should Medical Professionals be allowed to Form Unions? One can argue a labor union as a group of two or more employees joining together to advance common job interests. There are many interests within a working context that can drive employees to come together and speak in one voice for the betterment of all workers. Medical professionals are not an exemption from such interests as can join together to advance common interests ranging from benefits, schedules, and wages among other employment terms and conditions of benefit to them as professionals and the betterment of their target audiences "clients". It is through unions that medical professionals can make their working environment safer and dignified as through one voice all can gain fair returns on work through collective bargaining making them remain motivated to serve the patients. According to Howard (2020), it is morally acceptable for medical professionals to unionize and employ collective actions that may include but are not limited to striking as long as such moves remain grounded in the patient’s best inter