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tazzygirl -> RE: Union Nurses at Washington Hospital Center launch 1 day strike (3/4/2011 10:53:16 PM)
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BTW, from your site: Even with the cuts to shift differentials, Orlowski said, the nurses are among the highest paid in the metropolitan area. In 2009, the average nurse at the hospital center earned about $93,000, she said.
The hospital says entry-level nurses earn about $57,000 a year and experienced nurses earn about $98,000. The union says average pay is about $37 an hour, so a typical 36-hour workweek would bring in about $70,000 a year.
You couldnt even get that right.
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WHC: “Staffing, which is robust at Washington Hospital Center, has not been an area of dispute between the parties in any of the federally supervised sessions.” Staffing concerns seem to be window dressing for a gullible public.
They have been in talks for a year now. If staffing wasnt a concern, why are they admitting to increased hiring?
On staffing, the hospital has said it is committed to the strongest nurse staffing models and has hired several hundred nurses during the past year. But the union says the hospital's actions are not enough to address high turnover.
The union has said that unsafe staffing levels have jeopardized patient safety, a charge hospital officials have denied.
The hospital relies on nurse-patient ratio guidelines that vary by unit and time of day. Nurses say their units are not always able to provide enough nurses to meet those guidelines.
As far as our lawsuit goes.. it wouldnt.
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To help care for patients, hospital officials flew in 600 temporary nurses from around the country, housed them in area hotels and bused them to the Northwest Washington facility.
The hospitals always call in temp workers when nurses strike.
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