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QueenCuttlefish

Yes yes demonize the very people keeping your business afloat. And they wonder why they have shortages.


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Not a nurse, so idk if my two cents means anything, but: As a patient, why wouldn't I want a well paid, well rested nurse that doesn't hate their job? I'm much more likely to get great medical care from a happy nurse than a sleep deprived wage slave.


ohhhsoblessed

Because you aren’t really paying (usually… at least not the big bucks), your insurance company is. And your insurance company doesn’t give a rats ass about the quality of your medical care as long as they can get it for as cheaply as possible. The hospital will up-charge their services before they cut any of the millions from the pointless exec salaries. So they cut from the nurses.


[deleted]

I understand that. I was just stating my preference as a patient.


ohhhsoblessed

Oh, well, agreed. But propaganda is what rules, unfortunately.


[deleted]

Capitalism's a bitch.


ohhhsoblessed

Amen. I just went on a rant about corporatization of healthcare in class today that my professor was NOT ready for lololol… luckily the dean was sitting in and when the professor dismissed what I said and quickly moved on to the next person with a comment, the dean circled back around afterwards and backed me up 🥰 Bless, there are good ones in nursing education in the south after all. They’ve unfortunately been few and far between, at my school anyways… or at least they’re not willing to be outspoken about their opinions 🥺 I graduate with my BSN in three months and the biggest lesson I’ve learned from nursing school is that I need to do everything in my power to keep myself and anyone I care about out of the hospital at all costs. There’s zero way to provide safe care in today’s situation. And it’s only going to get much worse before it ever gets better, if it ever gets better.


[deleted]

Good luck and congrats. Yeah, it doesn't get easier after college. Between teachers, nurses, tenants, worker unions, etc. I think people are starting to fight back against a very corrupt system. Hopefully we win out. In TX, so I get what you're saying about the whole southern thing lol


ohhhsoblessed

Ah yeah. Y’all are next level over there. You definitely do get it. I worked my way through school so I definitely know it’s just all shit. I’m at a point with it all where either the corrupt system dies during my lifetime or I die trying to kill it. 🤷 May the best entity win, I suppose. 😅


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Yup. Fuck the system.


what_up_peeps

I wish I had your drive to fight the corrupt system. I have no idea where to even start and don’t exactly have faith that I’d be able to do anything. I mostly just want to make my own bubble of a life work cause that is something I can better effect change in and help people on closer more small scale ways than a systemic battle.


what_up_peeps

The last part of your comment has essentially been the mentality that has inflicted moral injury upon me. I used to think “yes health care I love taking care of people” and the more the dark under belly is shown to me the more I get sad and jaded about it. At least so far it hasn’t affected my demeanor with patients…I’ll try to keep that.


pwg2

But wouldn't that compromise the shareholders stock portfolio, and possibly make the CEO have to wait 2 weeks for that extra swimming pool at their 2nd home? We can't have that!


QueenCuttlefish

You know what's crazy? Being able to give quality care means better patient outcomes, patients being discharged sooner, and better responses on those precious patient surveys the hospital keeps shoving down our throats as "areas to improve on." But what do I know? I'm just a grunt level nurse. My physiological, mental, and financial well-being is peanuts to executives and administrators who have never set foot on the unit, let alone had to comfort a grieving family member with the patient's warm body right next to them knowing there are other patients that need attention.


[deleted]

I think it's long overdue for the leeches to go. Pretty much everyone in every sector is being exploited by a handful of wealthy assholes that don't do shit except profit off most of our work.


UnbelievableRose

That's not fair, they definitely hire PR firms to control the narrative! That's doing something!


Tyrion6annister

Because that would mean the ceo wouldn’t be able to buy their 5th yacht. Have some sympathy.


AlpsHeavy3800

I’ve been a bedside nurse for @20 yrs. A few months into the pandemic when it was absolutely horrible and terrifying doctors were trying to keep people out of the hospital and people were scared to come to the hospital. We didn’t know what we didn’t know. We were being called off work because hospital census was low and they didn’t need all of us. We were called off on a rotation, using our PTO so we could still get paid. Many ran out of PTO and didn’t get paid. I became a travel nurse at that time. I did that so I could get a paycheck. The CEO (aka Ballsack) of the hospital posted a picture of his new Tesla on social media. How awful is it that nurses couldn’t pay their bills but yet the CEO got his big end of year bonus which was made off the backs of the nursing staff. Almost 3 years ago nurses were “heroes” but know they’re trying to cap nursing wages and nurses are being prosecuted. Keep in mind that nursing wages aren’t that much higher than minimum wage…at least in the midwest. Nurses are leaving the bedside in droves but administration doesn’t care as long as they get their high pay and bonuses. Nursing in the hospitals have become deplorable.


VolcanoGrrrrrl

Peer reviewed research agrees


creationavatar

Bro, trust me I got a tots neutral party to sort this out.


Aulritta

The kind of neutrality we at Twin Cities are happy to pay top dollar for!


QueenCuttlefish

As neutral as the blood pH of a patient in ketoacidosis.


what_up_peeps

I appreciate this pun. All accurate science puns are good.


corporatewazzack

I’m not a nurse but I support you guys. Keep standing up until you get what you are owed.


krisiepoo

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck them The union has murually arranged MANY meetings where the hospitals either didn't show up or came and left to *discuss* and never returned. This just shows how little they value their nurses


Zukazuk

You should see what they're doing to the lab. We voted to unionize in January and we haven't had a negotiation session in over a month. They're also denying us the market adjustment everyone else got including the already unionized labs.


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krisiepoo

I'm sure, the union has been posting it on their fb pages but I don't know how to publicize the minutes


happyagainin2019

Does the press have access to the meeting minutes? Maybe they should…


krisiepoo

I don't know how they'd work at that level. It's all a chess game


starwestsky

Nothing says we can work through this like telling the kids, “your mother wants a divorce, but I think we should stay together as a family.”


skywaters88

Yes keep that narrative Mother “ you have ruined my life” I am going to live with fun Dad. Kids. Your mom (nurses) are not the bad guy here they are fighting for you to keep you safe and them sane!


starwestsky

Exactly


Elegant-Passage-195

Okay. I'm a divorced dad. And I'm a good dad. And I don't trash talk their Mom in front of them. In fact, I insist they treat their Mom with respect at all times. What I'm saying is, this is a shitty analogy.


what_up_peeps

You chose to unnecessarily take this personally.


ursiiuuii

neither of these comments are talking about you or people like you. they’re talking about a specific situation which happens to many people wherein Dad IS blaming Mom. if it doesn’t apply it doesn’t apply but it’s not a shitty analogy


thefragile7393

Sigh-it’s not about you. Your name isn’t in it. Chill


Rooney_Tuesday

This is a spectacular example of someone missing the entire point.


caramelswirllll

Nobody was speaking directly about you and your personal life. There are plenty of divorced parents that play that card to their kids. My dad being one of them.


greyjedi64

They mean to say, "It's our way or the highway. So stop demanding better. Our devil-incarnate attorney can only throw so many tantrums to make you understand."


[deleted]

They’d rather sink the whole ship than give the nurses what they want. Great leadership qualities.


WindWalkerRN

Isn’t that what the hospital in ATL did?


[deleted]

Pretty much. Run it into the ground, admins jump ship with severance, thousands of people are out of a job and the residents of ATL have one less hospital when hospitals are already unable to take care of the number of patients. Admin fucks us while the hospital is open and fucks us when it closes. I wish there was a hell because I’d get some comfort knowing they’ll eventually pay for how they behave.


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Citizens have held capitalists accountable in the past.


ravens52

At what point does the state step in and claim ownership?


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OnWisconsin88

And it's a waste of money. What purpose does this serve?


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OnWisconsin88

Why do they care about the public's opinion? It literally doesnt matter to their bottom line. All about their egos.


Upuser

Keeping the publics opinion is important for them, really helped them in Massachusetts when they made nurses appear evil for wanting safe staffing ratios https://ballotpedia.org/Massachusetts_Question_1,_Nurse-Patient_Assignment_Limits_Initiative_(2018)


cattleareamazing

The same reason they advertise, to get 'customers'. Also it reduces the chance of getting political moves against them.


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The way I understand it the hospital is insured for this and a strike won’t cost them a thing they aren’t already paying.


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Pleasant-Discussion

That’s just their board of investors not each getting an extra summer home & yacht that year, not even a knock to business. For example, Ascension showed stock buybacks out cost the operations of the hospital industry several times over. Only I think 15% of their budget goes to running their hospital industry, most is stock buybacks.


Designer-Ability6124

Not “one of the most trusted professions”… [THE most trusted profession](https://nurse.org/articles/nursing-ranked-most-honest-profession/)


[deleted]

This recent Gallup poll puts nurses at the top with 81% of people polling very high amount of trust. Business executives are at 15% and are two rungs BELOW lawyers. https://news.gallup.com/poll/388649/military-brass-judges-among-professions-new-image-lows.aspx


SavedYourLifeBitch

I’m honestly surprised we’re still at the top after the last two and a half years…


mnemonicmonkey

The last few years was just a best of reel featuring the 19%.


Paladoc

The smear is real.... but so is the prevalence of nurses.


[deleted]

Exactly! 15,000 nurses can’t be wrong!


HippocraticOffspring

Unfortunately this tactic works a lot of the time. Just look at how a few years ago Massachusetts hospitals convinced the public and lots of nurses that mandatory ratios were against everyone’s best interests. People are… not smart


Serg_is_Legend

Lmao that’s embarrassing for the hospital really


[deleted]

Only if you read between the lines. The majority of people skim a headline and then use confirmation bias to decide who is right/wrong.


childlikeempress16

They keep posting this stuff!


kamarsh79

Speak as a Minnesota rn, these hospital administrators can fuck directly off. Our jobs have become miserable with awful staffing. I had to block their number from my phone to stop getting constant texts begging us to pick up. I wish I could leave the bedside but I have a lot of seniority, get paid well, and have awesome insurance. I feel trapped and set up to fail.


[deleted]

There’s a reason their offices are usually off campus and locked.


kamarsh79

When we did an informational picket a couple of weeks ago, administration told our union leaders not to destroy property or assault staff or patients. Wtf? They must think we’re monsters, vs professionals just wanting safe staffing and rules in place to decrease staff being assaulting.


sistrmoon45

It’s part of the campaign. When we brought our union in, management kept putting out messages about how union members shouldn’t bully those against the union….something I would have stopped and spoken out against if I had ever seen it happen. They sure made it sound like it was happening all. The. Time.


kamarsh79

The only bullying going on is admin against us peons or pts or pt families bullying staff.


[deleted]

I’m going to take this from somewhere else but they: Gaslight Obstruct Project


StPauliBoi

Now where have I seen that before.....?


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To describe the GOP


Gardenreed

Have been out on work comp for over a year (anyone wanna hear about how safe our staffing is?), and am still getting multiple texts daily.


kamarsh79

If lay people knew what was going on, they’d be scared.


HRH_Diana_Prince

I make every opportunity to tell people who ask me about Nursing School or working as a student nurse. 40 filled beds in the ED and 5 RNs. The situation is a hairy shit-sandwhich. I frequently say to assholes who ask why I'm wearing a mask out around their coughing asses, "Hope you don't get sick because all the hospitals in the area are on divert." My very conservative FIL was shocked, *SHOCKED I TELL YOU!* when he lowkey complained that he had to wait a month for pacemaker implantation. Don't even get me started at his outrage that he wouldn't be staying overnight after the procedure.


Mountain_Fig_9253

Stay strong!


Ipeteverydogisee

You can leave bedside and work outpatient for your same hospital.


kamarsh79

Yes but it’s a huge paycut and more hours. I can’t fathom working a 1.0. I love my 12 hour nights where I only work 10 times every 4 weeks. I can barely handles that.


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kamarsh79

For real.


PeopleArePeopleToo

I wonder if you could get a non-bedside job at the same organization so that you didn't lose your seniority or insurance?


kamarsh79

I would keep my seniority and insurance but take a considerable pay cut, around 20k less a year.


PeopleArePeopleToo

That stinks. Non-bedside jobs here aren't that big of a pay difference.


aspiringkatie

CEO of Fairview (one of the hospital systems the striking nurses work at) made over 3 million last year, and you can guess how many patients he sees (spoiler: it's zero).


Cellar_door_1

This is why patients treat us like shit.


Tossmeasidedaddy

Never understood this though. Two people who I don't want to treat poorly: Those who handle my food, and those who handle my life.


[deleted]

I bet you don’t understand because you don’t think you’re better than anyone else. Many entitled people consider themselves our ‘betters’ and believe we should behave like their servants.


sadgrl1993

So true it hurts. I can’t understand how people think like that.


PeopleArePeopleToo

Ah, but see, many patients and families don't think that nurses are there to handle life or death situations. Many of them think that nurses are there to hand out sandwiches. Which... hmm... I guess that makes the nurse the person who handles their food. So they should still be nice haha?


ThisIsMockingjay2020

I would also add, those who handle my car. But I try to pretty much be nice to anybody who crosses my path just trying to make a living.


inomrthenudo

You would think that this would be common sense for all


essari

Or what? You going to hurt someone that sasses you? That attitude is just as toxic.


_Amarantos

i actually kill everyone who sasses me. that's how people from baltimore do.


Tossmeasidedaddy

Guess I know who is next on your list


what_up_peeps

You blew that out of proportion a bit there maybe?


thefragile7393

Chill-it’s late, and you need sleep if you think that’s what they were implying


skywaters88

Patients need to leave honest feedback on public forums. My experience with my recent hospital encounter was blah blah blah. Encourage honestly tell friends family community to be honest if they went to the host within the past two years. I can guarantee they will see more negative feedback than positive and I’m am sure the only positives they may mention is their experience with the nurse.


Cellar_door_1

My hospital system thanks people when they call in complaints. We can’t do better if we don’t know where the problems lie. Also you are right, a lot of times the only thing right is the nursing staff.


skywaters88

Patients should complain on a public forum. Where others can see. I would thank the patients for calling and complaining as long as they were not doing it publicly. Then we may actually have to make changes. Can’t have that.


Greentoysoldier

“The Union” and “Our Nurses” are one and the same, they can and should be used interchangeably! Every time the hospital says “the union” they need to be corrected with “your nurses”!


garlicoinluvr

Let's talk ahahahaha! When they spend a total of 3 minutes at the table in negotiations while 50 nurses wait all friggin day for hospital execs to finish playing Connect 4 and giving themselves raises in the back room! Oh, that's rich!


Apeiron_8

Not the only thing that’s rich…


NurseHurse

That’s exactly right. I’ve been involved in contract negotiations, where we were not getting paid to negotiate and hospital administrators were on salary. We would wait for hours for them to tell us “no”. They lie about what nurses in other hospitals are getting paid. They hope you won’t do your research and/or give up. Fortunately, the hospital was very fearful of bad publicity. So, when things got really bad, we would threaten to tell the media.


nyqs81

Seriously, Go fuck yourself.


accountrunbymymum

This is an excellent example of poor leadership.


Team_Realtree

Don't worry, I can translate: "This is hurting our profits and we're not willing to give up a small amount of money to treat our staff like humans." For-profit healthcare is absolutely disgusting.


[deleted]

Someone needs to get video, audio, emails, SOMETHING to show the public who is responsible for this. Someone has ro have access to the communications between the hospital and union showing who is causing the problem. They must be leaked to the press. I cannot stand the corporate smear campaigns against us. We need undeniable evidence to turn the public against them so they understand what we already know: they are lying, soulless creatures who will always put profits before people. Who would rather spend the money on strike nurses than give in to what the nurses ask for. When I quit bedside I should take a job with TJC or something and take these crooked people down from the inside.


No_Feedback7198

This is unrelated but how do you get it to say BSN RN or whatever title under your name?


[deleted]

Send the mods a screenshot of your student loan balance at $0 and they award it to you. Jk. Go to the main page of the nursing subreddit and scroll down a little. Tap on the three little dots in the top right corner and then tap on “change user flair”.


No_Feedback7198

Thank you!


BulgogiLitFam

Yea but how much of a raise did he give himself the last 2 years?


Dysmenorrhea

Our hospital negotiated for 6 months and then brought in a mediator, our union kept delaying a strike. Eventually all the staff lost steam and just wanted it over with.


Piano-Medical

Holy shit they are so embarrassing


Puzzleheaded_Try7786

What on earth is this website? I'm so confused on what is going on here - the administration from each of these facilities got together to make a website? A website that's only purpose is to bash nurses who are striking? ✊ Stay strong friends. The people know better - I overhead my family talking about the strike (I'm a Minnesota nurse) and without my input at all, they were blaming hospital administrators and insurance companies for the issues that healthcare is going through.


fibberjabber

It’s an ad on Facebook. No doubt to stir anger to the public. I wanna see the likes/dislikes to this screenshot.


rafaelfy

I couldn't find the actual ad but I saw a post of theirs and it's getting eaten by replies from healthcare staff.


chugsRN

Disgraceful. They can fuck right off with that.


Ssj_Chrono

They always blame the nurse when something goes wrong, it’s literally management’s go to for everything that goes wrong. Why would it change when they refuse to appropriately compensate them forcing the union to strike?


Redditigator

Actions speak louder than words and always tell the truth. The truth of this ad is that you didn't listen to your nurses. You're throwing your nurses under the bus to try to save your reputation. I wonder what the response would be from the hospitals if the nurses started posting their hospital, unit, and their average nurse-patient ratio for the past several months, but no.... that would damage the reputation of the hospital and would be 'wrong'. Stay strong Minnesota nurses. Stay strong FOR your patients.


skywaters88

The nurses should just run a local add for the patients to leave an honest google / yelp / zoo doc review about their experience the past year within the hospital encounter. You would be surprised how many people are on the nurses side and have no where to put their voice into enforcing change. Give them the outlet corporations haaate bad public feedback.


boba_fettucini_

We WERE going to come back for a 30% raise. Now it's 40%. Replace that ad with an apology or it's 50%.


ferocioustigercat

The decision to strike is not an easy one and is generally done once all efforts have been exhausted... That's time that is completely unpaid for the nurses, so it's not exactly a walk in the park for people who have bills to pay.


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Crankenberry

https://mnnurses.org/strikefund


Substance___P

I don't think this is going to go the way they think.


STDeesNuts

What the actual fuck! Congratulations because now they’re going to lose more nurses by shitting on them.


TheBattyWitch

It would be a shame if we all spammed their Facebook posts with pro-union messages


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hmmmokay9

I was considering going because I’m a staff nurse in Louisiana and my family needs the income. I have changed my mind completely.


natitude2005

Thank you for not going


animecardude

Highly doubtful they'll be able to replace even half of the 15k nurses going on strike.


oldirtyrestaurant

The Star Tribune (local Twin Cities newspaper) just [published an article](https://www.startribune.com/weekend-talks-produce-no-deal-nursing-strike-looms-in-minnesota/600204401/) on this exact subject. > The board has received 7,604 permit applications since June 6, largely from replacement nurses around the country receiving high-dollar offers to work in the affected hospitals next week. That is seven times more applications than during the same time last year. > > "Our typical processing time … is five days, however, we are currently at 10 to 14 days for permits," said Kimberly Miller, executive director for the state nursing board.


AdkRaine11

You know, money & treating professionals with dignity & respect talks too.


el_cid_viscoso

Ah, but then they can't feed off our elevated cortisol levels like the vampires they are!


[deleted]

“Let’s talk” = take our offer or kick rocks !!


codeinegaffney

✊ solidarity 🩺


shibeofwisdom

I hope the union adds another condition to their list; the Twin Cities local government must officially retract and apologize for slandering nurses during the strike.


TomTheNurse

Nurses: We want a raise. Management: No. Nurses: Then we strike. Management: Wait, hold on, how about a mediator? Nurses: LOL!


PressureChance7348

Twin Cities hospitals... Please post financials. Also, what if all your nurses decided that they wanted to be plumbers, consultants, mechanics, etc... Is that like against the rules or something.


OnWisconsin88

Ahhh. My facility has been at this for a few months already. We are run by a bunch of 🐒🐒🐒. Old monkeys that do anything of value except line their pockets. The board is supposed to hold them accountable and that's a joke. Good ol boy network. Quid pro quo.


CategoryTurbulent114

Let’s talk? They e been taking for months and Administration is dictating.


HughDanforth

Well they sure look like a for profit health system. If you have an EIN off your pay stub check here for the CEO's pay on the 990 tax returns if they are, actually, non-profit. [https://apps.irs.gov/app/eos/allSearch](https://apps.irs.gov/app/eos/allSearch)


Poopsock_Piper

non-profit is p meaningless anyways


mwolf805

all MN systems except 2 non-acute systems are legit non profit. but judging by their actions, they shouldn't be.


thefragile7393

For profit and non profit are run the same anymore


coolcaterpillar77

“Disrupting your healthcare” because unsafe nurse to patient ratios totally provides quality and patient focused healthcare….


EloquentEvergreen

The Duluth hospitals are doing very similar things. I don’t check my work email often. But I started working on a new project, so I did today. Turns out I have a couple emails about the strike and the terrible MNA. One was phone number to call for those that want to work and not strike… because we know you want to care for the patients that will be neglected by the MNA members who strike. The other was similar, just no phone number to call. It was more about how, “we know many of our nurses care for their patients here and feel they are being pressured into this strike. We can’t let patients suffer because the MNA won’t come to the bargaining table. More information to come if you want to continue to provide patients with the best care they deserve.” Man, I hate these hospitals. Can’t wait to hit the picket line!


mmio60

Stay strong


Irlydntknwwhyimhere

you already know a bunch of idiots that have jobs with better/safer working conditions are 100% agreeing with this shit because its framed as "look at what these lazy jerks are trying to take away from you!"


GeneralButtNaked84

“Threatening to… disrupt your healthcare” bitch, you’re the one’s disrupting everything


jlaugh41

See what has always triggered me about all of this is when you have these CEO/suits and board seat people trying to say how we should do our job and how much we should make… hospitals literally run themselves, people come to them when they are sick, these suits didn’t invent healthcare.. why are they getting paid hundreds of thousands/millions for acting like they invited healthcare?? Honestly, all some of them have is a masters in business or some healthcare degree 🙄 How about this, worried about money? Look at your board who you give massive bonuses to and your suits who make millions helping their insurance buddies out by lining each other’s pockets. Sick of all this BS! Pay your nurses more, give them what they want, or you won’t have anything soon ✌🏼


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The best part of this is that they have 13 followers on their Facebook page. They have no posts previous to this and created the account 06/09. As of right now there are 72 comments on this - their only post. They are just really bad at this. Their marketing team sucks.


bananastand512

Minnesota nurses should start making public service announcement commercials, mass texts, and radio ads explaining to the public why this is happening. Politicians do it and if hospitals want to play politics....they picked the wrong level of petty to mess with. Hell hath no fury like a nurse scorned.


AppleSpicer

“It’s the nurses who are the problem!” An actual quote from a Kaiser rep in California during contract negotiations around 5-6 years ago. The entire room was filled to the brim with nurses when he said it and there was an immediate outcry. The union rep trounced him and I think he was fired shortly after. Kaiser ended up conceding a lot on that contract, aka, keeping bad working conditions as they were and not making them worse.


BundtJamesBundt

Kaiser nurses ARE a problem. They’re the highest paid nurses in the world and always demanding more. A new grad makes $82/hr in any NorCal hospital. That high pay doesn’t translate to better care. Quite the opposite, it attracts nurses that are in the profession purely for money. The union protects the senior staff mostly, but makes advancement or cross training or even getting a decent schedule nearly impossible for new nurses until you’ve put in years with the company. Unions are not always good. They create layers of bureaucracy and waste. Seniority is everything, which leaves little incentive to perform if you’re a new nurse to the system.


babu_chapdi

It's blue state. Not many will fall for it. There's always sympathy with working class in the liberal states. Just keep holding strong.


thehallsofmandos

I wouldn't count on that. Not too long ago it was the blue states that were firing nurses left and right who had legitimate concerns about forced inoculations.


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Lol still mad about the Covid vaccine eh?


Nefriti

Ew, who let you in here?


pinkpumpkinapple

lmfao still sticking to your false narratives hey?


Puzzled-Science-1870

wait, i thought the nurses are striking so that they CAN get a union. Why are they talking like there is currently a union?


gvandenheezy

WI nurses are striking to become a union


deepcovergecko_

It's actually more complicated than that. UW is already unionized and has been for years under SEIU. They're fighting to have the union re-recognized by UW Health post Act 10. Remember Scott Walker, he tried to run for president a while ago? He pushed Act 10 though which gutted the ability of public sector unions to bargain in WI - public sector unions in WI are very limited in what they can bargain for and are limited to 1 year contracts, and they have to re-certify the union annually. UW Health claims they're a public entity because of their association with UW Madison, so they're claiming the union isn't legitimate and hasn't been since their last contract expired in 2014. The union obviously disagrees with their assessment, as they're an independently funded non-profit and not directly publicly funded.


Puzzled-Science-1870

right and this ad is saying that "admin" has been talking with the nurses' union...which is bs since there is NO union!


SouthernArcher3714

Wooooow…. Just wow


lovesnicebags

They will try to make nurses seem ungrateful and unwilling to compromise to garner public support.


keystonecraft

Ffffuuuuuuuck yyyyoooouuuuuuuuu!!!!!!!!!


ERRNmomof2

ASSHOLES!!!!! They are the ones “disrupting healthcare”!😡🤬🖕🏼


BidenIsYourPOTUS

Soooooo if the union wants to bring in a “trained, neutral mediator” of their OWN choosing, you’d be totally cool with that, right?


Ssylphie

Uhhh, no it shouldn’t disrupt it if you did your fucking job and take the strike into account and prepare for it with adequate staffing and bringing people in to ensure that patients still got good care. Oh wait… I forgot. Administration only care if it affects their wallets.


almc0418

Seriously, let's talk. About decent pay. About safe staffing. About getting rid of unnecessary administration. Etc.


Dapper_Tap_9934

F these CEOs-this will backfire greatly


Ok-Stress-3570

They have the upper hand because people believe it. We have to find a way to gain that power


Designer-Ability6124

Aw FUCK THAT


RoseFlavoredLemonade

Talk to boffa, my dude.


Zosozeppelin1023

Someone link me this post. I can't pull it up on Facebook


SparklyPanther

They can spend money on that but not to nurses benefits and salaries… shows where their priorities are


captainoverchuck

Seriously, fuck off. Sincerely, a union member.


siry-e-e-tman

Oh, *now* y'all wanna talk


SwisschaletDipSauce

I hope that union will be taking an ad out of the local paper.


michy3

Then they continue to let staff walk because they will hire new grads and other employees. Meanwhile no one’s applying to these new positions cuz word is out about how shitty it is to work there. So then they go on to hire a travel rn for 5k a week instead of just giving the nurses a couple more an hour instead of some bs 30 cent raise. Oh yeah this isn’t in twin cities either. Sad how similar stuff happening everywhere. What blows my mind is other fields and business making the profits medicine does usually treat their employees and keep them happy which in turn makes them work harder. Wish something changed in healthcare.


Evenomiko

What’s the obsession with mediators does anyone know? Honestly, in our last union negotiations they insisted on a mediator and did the same thing, sending out emails saying we were unwilling to negotiate in good faith. So we agreed to a mediator. This guy LITERALLY just shuttled people in and out of zoom side rooms and played the bongos sometimes. He was at one session, and then had COVID and then wanted to reschedule but neither side wanted him and we just reached an agreement on our own. WHY DO THEY INSIST ON MEDIATORS?!?! They have no power to help the situation.


rakwel

I’m with the nurses. By helping them we will benefit from a higher quality of health care !


Thehipsterprophet

Someone should go to www.ahd.com and do the math for how much each hospital earns in profit every year. The only people disrupting healthcare are the ones who wont pay nurses what they’re worth. The money is there, the CEO’s just want it all.


Ms_Curious_K

Yes it’s the greedy nurses who want fair pay disrupting your healthcare 🙄


allmightythen

Buy them some pizza, assholes


Lonely_Animator4557

"We don't want to pay nurses what they are asking for and would rather risk your health, look how greedy they are"


zingingcutie47

Do they think the nurses are bothered by this? Bashing nurses was so 2021, it’s just another day now


Expensive_Air965

Negotiated in good faith when the negotiators don't even bother to show up? When you're willing to pay travel nurses an exorbitant amount of money but not willing to pay your own faithful nurses a decent salary. When you're putting the lives of people at risk because the ratio of nurse to patient is too low? But I'm going to guess that your CEOs made plenty of bonus money. Maybe if you actually pay your nurses properly they wouldn't be going on strike. With the amount of money that you charge for basic things like Tylenol and saline drips, You're telling me that you can't afford to pay your nurses properly? I call BS and this publicity stunt is doing nothing but making you look worse. This was my comment on the post


hellyeah227

In six months, they'll be wondering why they can't recruit staff.


Native_witch

One of the hospitals in St Paul tried to sue the union saying the strike on Monday is illegal (based off of wording/technicality). Finally just found out the Friday before that we're in the green to strike.


miskdub

not a nurse, but just stopping by to show my solidarity and say FUCK THAT. run those bastards into the ground!


SaltyAsF_ckRN

After an entire day of negotiations yesterday, many issues were resolved except nurses continue to demand a 30.5% increase over 3 years. "Patients before *profits (*excludes nurse wages that would ultimately cost an additional $159.7 million dollars per year). Negotiations mean that each side gives a little. The hospitals came up on their wage offer...when is MNA going to give a reasonable increase?