(BCN) – Hospice East Bay says they will strike on Tuesday to protest on explosive cases.
Nearly 80 nurses, social workers, equivalents and consultants of the Hospice East Bay joined the National Union of Health Care workers in 2023. The group said they are still looking for their first contract after about 18 months of negotiations.
“They are tired of a shortage of nursing staff and frustration that the administration is negotiating with bad faith and refuses to dedicate the current patient care protocols in a contract before the house turned into a series outside the country,” the group said on Friday in a statement.
“I am supposed to have 10 patients, but I have 15 on Caselock because we have lost many qualified nurses,” said Jill Topin, a nurse at Hospice East Bay. “We at people’s homes are witnessing their suffering, but we do not have enough time to provide the care that our patients need.”
Hospice East Bay said he was ready to strike. The emergency team of qualified doctors will be available to respond to urgent needs and provide the necessary care. Hospice and administrative employees will remain on the request and can be accessed over the phone for any time sensitive concerns.
“We respect the right of our employees to defend their needs and remain committed to working for constructive solutions. At the same time, our priority-and will also be the luxury of those who have entrusted it to our care,” said Chris Valley, CEO of Hospice East Bay.
The Federation said that its organizational engine “was part of a group of union activity among the agents of the elderly, as the industry began major unification operations amid the entry of operators to profit who have transformed housing care from a community service to a project to make money.”
The strike will start for one day at 6 am in Beansant Hill in Pleasant Hill.
Al -Ittihad said since 2022, more than 400 housing workers in northern California joined Nuhw.
Earlier this month, NUHW members held at Two Providence Hospices in Sonoma Province, one of the first strikes by local housing workers, and they seek a contract before Province handed over operations to a profit owned company.
Al -Ittihad said that Hospice East Bay was founded in 1977, and it is the second largest hospital provider to serve Alameeda, Contra Costa and Solano provinces.
He also said, although Hospice is still getting strong signs in federal patient care polls, it started to reduce services, eliminating the music therapy program in December, as it is preparing to deliver operations to Sapters System, a national chain of analgesics in Florida.
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