Re: California Nurses Start Ten Day Strike

In article <6qFFj.8015$6J3.519@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"cat" <catsandcanaries@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


Wow, a whole three days that the nurse didn't get relieved. And it's a news
item. I haven't been relieved for lunch in over a year. But the hospital
docks me every day as if I were. We have no lift teams, either, nor
mechanical lifts, nor a PT department. That would cost money. My hospital
has a stellar reputation. My back hurts.


I woudl get in touch with the local Dept of Labor Wage & Hour
Division office. It has been awhile, but at least one of the area
hospitals ended up having to pay OT, plus interest, plus a fine for
people not getting their lunches. Same with making you clock out at end
of shift but staying around to finish the work.

Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in Oakland and Berkeley has offered a
16.5 percent wage hike over 3 1/2 years. That would increase the average
pay for a full-time nurse from $123,000 to $145,000.

I know the COL is high in California, but dayum, those are some pretty
wages. A nurse who's lived there for many years and bought a home before
the prices went insane could live extremely well, methinks.

Yeah, but house prices went insane in CA in the mid-50s or so(g).
In the mid-90s United Airlines opened a maintenance hub in Indy and
transferred people from San Fran. They were saying that what they were
getting for their 2 bed room bungalows would buy 4 bedroom waterfront
homes here in Indy.
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