“I hate to see something go undiagnosed like pneumonia because they don’t want to wait.”
On Labor Day, more than a thousand people gathered in Oakland’s Mosswood Park to march for higher wages and staffing increases for California healthcare workers who say not enough is being done to remedy the ongoing turmoil and stressful working conditions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Elena Perez, a union representative, confirmed that the current contract ends on Sept. 30, and said “members of the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions are taking strike authorization votes now, nationwide.” Sonya Smith, a Kaiser radiologic technologist from Oakland, said current staffing is so bad it’s forcing patients away.
“We’ve had a drastic drop in staffing, and even though our employer tried to say it’s because of COVID, we were short-staffed before COVID,” said Georgette Bradford, a Kaiser ultrasound technologist in Sacramento. “Now Kaiser is dragging its feet on real solutions to bring us to better staffing, which includes things that will help us recruit and retain like higher wages, safety measures and training.
SEIU UHW represents more than 100,000 healthcare workers across the state, many of whom are feeling burnt out, said union spokesperson Renée Saldaña. At the same time they’re having to deal with patients who put off preventative care during COVID, and are now swarming into hospitals and clinics.
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