Did you miss this event in October? Check it out now below. Want the CE credit? Jump over to VetCE On Demand at VetMedTeam afterward and complete the quiz. Don’t forget – as a VPN Plus+ member you get a discount for VetMedTeam courses; visit the Education page to get your promo code. Liz Hughston, RVT, CVT, LVT, LVMT, VTS (SAIM)(ECC), practices as a relief veterinary technician, trainer, and consultant in the San Francisco Bay Area. Since her graduation from Foothill College’s Veterinary Technology program in 2006, Liz went on to become certified as a VTS in both Small Animal Internal Medicine and Emergency and Critical Care in 2012. She has authored articles and textbook chapters. She is a co-editor of Cannabis Therapy in Veterinary Medicine and the upcoming 2nd edition of the Small Animal Internal Medicine for Veterinary Technicians and Nurses textbook. Liz is president of the National Veterinary Professionals Union (www.natvpu.org), Co-Founder of the Veterinary Cannabinoid Academy (www.vetcannacademy.com), an Administrator of the Not One More Vet Support Staff group (www.facebook.com/groups/nomvsupportstaff), and Credentialing Committee Chair of the Academy of Internal Medicine for Veterinary Technicians. (www.aimvt.com). Liz is an advocate’s advocate, dedicated to advancing veterinary technology, technicians, and assistants through training, mentorship, and support. This session: Unions are much in the news these days with high-profile campaigns at Amazon and Starbucks. Support for organizing and unions is at an all-time high. In this presentation, Liz Hughston, RVT, CVT, LVT, LVMT, VTS (SAIM)(ECC), president of the National Veterinary Professionals Union – a labor union dedicated to organizing in the veterinary profession – talks about the factors that lead many veterinary workers to want to organize, and the process of unionizing. She also discusses the rise of corporations in veterinary medicine and how that has contributed to workers’ need for unions.
