On Thursday Feb 24th UW nurses will be out on the street in front of the UW Hospital Emergency entrance calling for safe staffing, quality care and a union. The informational picket is scheduled to coincide with the board meeting of the hospitals and clinics.
Labor radio spoke with Kim Rabas a registered nurse at UW Hospital. She has sixteen years service and works in the transplant unit.
We asked her to describe the purpose of the informational picket
The informational picket is calling for safer staffing Rabas linked staffing and union recognition.
described the staffing situation
But there is more to the question of union recognition than wages and working conditions there is a question of values. The nurses noted they believe that the hospital does not value them. Labor radio asked what could the administration do to change that perception?
That was nurse Kim Rabas of SEIU Healthcare Wisconsin discussing the link between increasing quality of care and the unions and what management could do concretely to value nurses.
Nurses and supporters will be out in front of the UW Hospital Emergency entrance on Thursday February 24th from 4:00 :00 to show their commitment to quality health care and a union.
Reporting Courtesy of Frank Emspak for Labor Radio
Image Courtesy of WORT on Flickr
