Even though this strike is only set for a day, these nurses will not be able to go back to work for another three because of the hospital’s contract with the temporary nurses goes for four days.
"We might be expecting a heat index of 115 today, but there is no heat like the fire of the nurses today. Hell hath no fury like a nurse on strike," said Bradley Van Waus, Southern Region Director with National Nurses United.
These nurses are part of a union called National Nurses United. This strike comes after months of these nurses calling for safer staffing conditions and waiting for management to bargain a fair union contract that would fix its staffing crisis. "When unions use their voice to advocate for the community and the people they serve, we are all stronger. We are all better," said Rick Levy, President of Texas AFL-CIO.
This strike is not just for nurses. They say they are fighting for the safety of their patients. National Nurses United claims Ascension repeatedly dismissed solutions to do that, including proposals to enforce safe staffing and better nurse recruitment and retention. "One of the things I'm feeling in my heart is anger and so angry that a hospital with the resources that she has is refusing to sit down and even honor the most basic requests for safe staffing for the patients they're supposed to serve," said Levy.
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