ʻO ka hoʻomaka ʻana i ka hana nui loa ma Kaleponi ʻo Kaiser Permanente, 4,000 mau lālā o ka National Union of Healthcare Workers i lawe i nā laina picket i ka Pōʻakolu a i ka Pōʻalima.
Ua hui pū ʻia lākou e nā kahu hānai 17,000 ma Kaleponi, me nā kaukani ma Kaiser ma Northern California nāna i hoʻoholo i kā lākou ʻaelike i ka makahiki i hala.
ʻO nā lālā o ka NUHW koʻikoʻi i hui pū ʻia me nā hui ʻoihana a me nā ʻenehana ma ka ʻĀkau a me Kaleponi Hema, a me nā RN ma ke Keʻena Lapaʻau ʻo Los Angeles i hoʻopaʻa i ʻelua mau pōkole pōkole i kēia makahiki. Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia lākou i nā kūkākūkā koʻikoʻi me Kaiser mai ko lākou haʻalele ʻana i ka Service Employees (SEIU) i ka makahiki i hala e hui pū me NUHW.
KA PONO
ʻOiai ka nui o ka loaʻa kālā—$5.7 biliona i loko o nā makahiki ʻekolu i hala iho nei—ua koi ʻo Kaiser i ka ʻoki ʻana i ka mālama olakino a me ka hoʻomaha ʻana ma ka papaʻaina, a ʻōlelo nā lālā o NUHW he pōkole loa lākou.
"Ke kau nei mākou i ka ʻāina no ka hoʻōki ʻana i kēia paheʻe ma Kaiser," wahi a Jim Clifford, he kauka ʻōlelo ʻelua ma ke keʻena ma Otay. "E like me ke koena o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, ke hoʻohana nei lākou i ka ʻoihana i kumu e ʻoki ai i nā pono."
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Clifford ua pahū nā manawa kali no nā poʻe maʻi ma kāna keʻena keʻena, e ʻōlelo ana i nā hōʻike ma ka ʻōnaehana Kaiser.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo LaNeta Fitzhugh, kahi kahu hānai neonatal ma ka LA Medical Center no nā makahiki he 30 i hala iho nei, ua haʻalele mau ka ʻōnaehana limahana o Kaiser i kāna haukapila me nā limahana.
Hoʻokuʻu pinepine nā kahu hānai i ka ʻaina awakea a hana i kā lākou mau hoʻomaha e uhi i nā mea maʻi, wahi a Fitzhugh, a ʻo kā lākou 12 mau hola e hoʻolōʻihi mau ʻia i 16 a i ʻole 20 mau hola.
"Ua kau mākou i nā manaʻo ma ka papaʻaina e wehewehe i nā pae limahana e pono ai kā mākou poʻe maʻi, akā ua hōʻole ʻo Kaiser iā lākou," wahi a Fitzhugh.
HAEHA I NA HAKAKA
I ka makahiki i hala aku nei, ua eo ka NUHW i ka hoʻokūkū koho ʻawaʻawa no ka lawe ʻana aku i 45,000 limahana lawelawe a me nā limahana ʻenehana ma Kaiser mai loko aku o nā limahana lawelawe. Ua pōʻino ke koho pāloka e ka hoʻoweliweli ākea, a i ka mahina ʻo Iune i ʻike ai ka luna kānāwai federal i ka hewa o Kaiser no ka hui pū ʻana me SEIU ma ka ʻauʻa ʻana i nā uku uku mai Clifford a me kona mau hoa hana ma hope o ko lākou komo ʻana i NUHW. Manaʻo ʻo Clifford ʻo ia ke kumu e lawe nei ʻo Kaiser i kahi laina paʻakikī e kūʻē i ka uniona i kēia manawa.
"He uniona hana mākou e makemake e kū i luna o Kaiser," wahi āna.
Manaʻo ʻo Clifford ʻaʻole ʻo ia a me kāna mau hoa hana he hihia kaʻawale. "ʻAʻole ia e pili ana i kā mākou pono a me kā mākou limahana," wahi āna. "Hoʻopilikia kēia i nā mea a pau e hana ana ma Kaiser. ʻO mākou ka pahuhopu mua, akā inā ʻaʻole kū pū nā hui ʻē aʻe ma Kaiser me mākou, aia lākou ma hope.
NA NURSE MA
Ua hele aku nā kahu o Kaiser, nā lālā o ka ʻAhahui Nurses Kaleponi, me ke aloha me nā NUHW RN.
Ua hōʻeha pū nā lālā o CNA i 12 mau halemai Sutter a me ka Halemai keiki ma Oakland.
Ma ka hoʻoweliweli ʻana e ʻoki i ka hoʻomaha a hoʻonui i nā kumukūʻai mālama olakino, ua hoʻoweliweli ʻo Kaiser lāua ʻo Sutter i nā limahana o ka haukapila, wahi a Martha Kuhl, ke kākau ʻōlelo-puʻukū o National Nurses United, ka hui aupuni i hui pū ʻia ai ka California Nurses Association.
Ua wehe ʻo Kaiser lāua ʻo Sutter i nā keʻena me nā luna kahu hānai a me nā ʻōpala he nui - ʻoi aku ka nui o ka hoʻolilo ʻana ma mua o ka pae o nā limahana aelike i mālama ʻole ʻia me kā lākou limahana hana maʻamau. "Ua lawa lākou i ke kālā e lele ai i nā mea hoʻokuʻi, hale iā lākou, a hānai iā lākou. No ke aha e hiki ʻole ai iā lākou ke uku iā mākou? Wahi a Fitzhugh.
E hoʻopaʻa ʻo Sutter i nā kahu hānai no ʻehā mau lā hou, ʻoiai ʻo Kaiser i hoʻokipa i kā lākou mau kahu hānai ma hope o kā lākou hana aloha.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kuhl, ʻo ka hapa nui o ka poʻe i haki ʻia he mau kahu hānai Hema. ʻO kekahi āna i hālāwai ai, ua manaʻo ʻo ia ʻaʻole e hōʻino ʻia kona pilina me nā kahu hānai uniona.
KE ALO IHO 150 MANAO
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Ann Gaebler, he kahu hānai neonatal ma ka haukapila ʻo Alta Bates Summit no 30 mau makahiki, ua ʻike nā kahu hānai e pono lākou e hui pū e lanakila i nā takeaways i koi ʻia e nā kaulahao halemai ʻelua. ʻO nā kahu hānai ma ke kaulahao Summit e kū nei i nā ʻae 150 i kā lākou kālepa.
Ua ikaika nā laina picket, wahi a Gaebler, ʻoiai ʻo ka honi ʻana o nā kaʻa a me nā ʻoliʻoli ʻoliʻoli i make iā ia.
Me nā hāʻawi uku a me nā pōmaikaʻi, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Gaebler ua huhū nā kahu hānai e nā koi e koi iā lākou i ka haʻalele kīnā pōkole, uku ʻia ma kahi haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa, inā hoʻohana lākou i ʻoi aku ma mua o ʻehiku mau lā maʻi.
"Ke hoʻāʻo nei lākou e kaupalena i ko mākou leo ," i hoʻohui ai ʻo Gaebler, e kuhikuhi ana i nā koi e hoʻopau i nā komite kahi e nānā ai nā kahu hānai a me nā luna i nā ʻano o ka mālama a me ka noiʻi ʻana i nā pilikia.
Makemake nā luna e hana i nā hoʻoholo limahana e hoʻonui i ka loaʻa kālā a ʻaʻole ka palekana hoʻomanawanui, ʻōlelo nā kahu hānai, ʻoiai ke hauʻoli nei i nā margin olakino. Ua loaʻa i nā haukapila Kaiser he $ 1.6 biliona i kēia makahiki, a ʻo nā bonus nunui ka mea maʻamau no nā luna kiʻekiʻe. Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo Sutter i $3.7 biliona i ka loaʻa kālā i nā makahiki ʻeono i hala.
Ua hōʻole ʻo Eileen Prendiville, he kahu hānai ma Sutter's California Pacific Medical Center ma Kapalakiko, i nā hoʻolaha nūpepa ʻaoʻao piha i kūʻai ʻia e ka hui o ka haukapila e koi ana i nā kahu hānai he $150,000 i ka makahiki.
"ʻAʻohe mea e hana i kēlā nui," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Prendiville, ke ʻole lākou e hana mau i ka manawa hoʻomaha i ka pō.
Ke ʻimi nei ʻo Sutter i kahi hoʻolālā uku ʻelua, e hoʻemi ana i ka uku no nā kahu hānai komo i ka 5 pakeneka.
ʻO ka hana a CNA a me NUHW e hakakā i nā ʻae ʻana ua hoʻoikaika ʻia e SEIU, nāna i aʻo i nā ʻumi tausani o nā lālā e hele i nā laina picket. Ua haʻalele ʻo NUHW mai SEIU ma hope o ka hoʻokuke ʻia ʻana o kona mau alakaʻi no ka hoʻokūkū ʻana iā SEIU.
Ua ʻike ʻo Kuhl ua ʻae ʻo SEIU i ka nui o nā ʻae i ʻimi ʻia e Kaiser lāua ʻo Sutter ma kāna haukapila, Children's ma Oakland, a ua manaʻo ʻia ua ʻae ʻo ia i nā ala e like me nā wahi ʻē aʻe. Akā naʻe, ʻo kāna ʻaelike "me-too" me Kaiser e huki i kona mau lālā i nā kūlana aelike kiʻekiʻe - inā e hoʻokō ʻo CNA a me NUHW iā lākou. "ʻO ke kiʻekiʻe o ka makaʻuʻole," wahi a Kuhl. "Makemake lākou i nā pōmaikaʻi akā ʻaʻole makemake lākou e hakakā no lākou."
ʻO nā kahu hānai ma ka hale ʻo Sutter ma Novato, kahi hale hoʻomaha liʻiliʻi ʻo Marin County, ua hopohopo nui ʻia e ka hoʻokele ʻaʻole lākou e hāʻawi i ko lākou mau inoa. Ua ʻōlelo lākou ua paʻi lākou no ka mea ua huhū lākou i nā koi o ka hoʻokele e "lele" iā lākou i nā ʻāpana like ʻole o ka haukapila me ka ʻole o ke aʻo ʻana - a ma ka hāʻawi ʻana i kahi ʻaelike ʻehā makahiki me ka uku uku.
"Ke hoʻolaha nei nā mea hana e like me Sutter i ke kaua ma luna o nā limahana," wahi a Prendiville. "He mea weliweli ka hopena o nā limahana palekana inā kūleʻa lākou. ʻAʻole hiki iā mākou a ʻaʻole mākou e ʻae.
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