- Nurses at Ascension Seton Medical Center will hold a daylong strike on Dec. 6 because of what they say are ongoing issues with equipment and staffing.
- National Nurses United (NNU) formed a union at Ascension Seton representing several hundred nurses in September 2022. The union began negotiating its first contract with the hospital just over a year ago.
- In that time, nurses have held a number of pickets and demonstrations near the hospital, as well as an initial one-day strike in June. Nurses who participated were barred from returning to work for an additional three days, which hospital representatives said was the length of the contract required to secure temporary nurses to work during the strike.
- In a statement, the union said it hoped the Dec. 6 strike would call attention to an ongoing shortage of equipment and supplies, including IV pumps, hospital gowns, blankets and thermometers.
And then the news article mentions the following:
- Nurses also said there are regular issues with hospital-issued phones used for communication during shifts.
This rings true. It is something I observed again and again at the Ascension hospital where I worked and that's just one of many reasons why Ascension executives should be FIRED, in my opinion.
https://www.kut.org/health/2023-11-22/nurses-at-ascension-seton-medical-center-announce-one-day-strike-for-dec-6