Saturday, October 13, 2012
Nursing Home Workers Go On Strike
Fifty nursing home workers marched as they are all currently involved in a strike to protest labor concessions imposed by a company that owns many nursing homes in the area. The fifty nursing home workers are part of 600 employees that are participating in the strike.
The company has taken steps hiring replacement workers, and has stated that the union is making unrealistic demands and the strike has gone on much longer than expected. A hearing is scheduled with an administrative law judge stating that the company refused to bargain with the union and instead chose to make changes to wages, hours and other conditions. The company stated that it had offered a raise and will give most employees and increase of 17 percent despite all of the cuts from Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements.
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Nursing Home Workers Go On Strike
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3 comments:
The nursing home owners are too hungry and should look instead to save - not cost - lives of their patients.
Good for the workers. My first thought was for the patients as I'm sure the owners wouldn't jump in and take care of them. But, since they've hired help to replace the workers while the strike's going, I'm all for it!
Aides are the most valued workers in a facility and yet they get paid the least and treated as dirt, for the most part.
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