Although it’s likely that the SEIU and New York’s League of Voluntary Hospitals (an association of healthcare facilites and hospitals that bargains contracts with the SEIU) will likely get a contract before the SEIU actually strikes, the union has gotten it’s members to approve a strike.
This means that the SEIU has issued the mandatory 10-day strike notice to have 70,000 health care workers conduct a one-day strike in New York City.
Improving patient care is not, according to SILive.com, the top priority.
“Inequality is out of control in our country, especially in New York, and it is becoming harder and harder for working people to stay here and thrive,” said George Gresham, President of 1199 SEIU.
Those who voted “yes” to a strike say they are doing it for better salaries and job opportunities.
“Voting yes for the strike isn’t just about me and my children, it’s for my patients and all the working families of New York,” said Francis Clarke, a certified nursing assistant at Parker Jewish nursing home in Queens. [Emphasis added.]
What would Florence Nightingale say?
