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Ke piʻi nei ka nalu ʻo Omicron ma ka ʻākau hikina, huli hou nā kahu hānai ahi ma ka ʻāina i ka hana hui, me ka hele ʻana i nā hele wāwae a me nā hōʻikeʻike, ma nā kaukani o nā haukapila ma mua o 11 mau mokuʻāina a me ke kapikala o ka lāhui. E like me kekahi halemai Teeter e hoʻopaʻa paʻa loa ana ma lalo o ke kaumaha o kahi helu kiʻekiʻe o nā maʻi maʻi COVID-19, ke koi nei nā uniona kahu hānai i kahi pane maʻi maʻi mākaukau a piha - a kāhea aku i ke kuleana o ka mālama olakino no ka loaʻa kālā i ka ulu ʻana o ka pilikia.
Ke kāhea nei nā kahu hānai i hoʻopaʻa ʻia (RNs) ma waena o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i nā kūlana ʻino loa no nā mea maʻi a me nā limahana mālama olakino, e komo pū ana me nā limahana ma lalo o nā limahana a me ka nāwaliwali o nā kūlana palekana COVID federal ma waena o ka piko o Omicron, me ka US, e like me ka Pōʻakahi, ma luna o 790,000 nā hihia hou i kēlā me kēia lā. He emi paha ka helu, no ka mea, ʻaʻole i hoʻokuʻu ka nui o nā mokuʻāina i nā ʻikepili hou no ka lā hoʻomaha Martin Luther King Jr.
I ka pule i hala aku nei, ua mālama nā RN me National Nurses United (NNU) i kahi kukui kukui ma waho o ka Hale Paʻa e hoʻomanaʻo ai i nā hoa hana i make mai COVID-19. Hoʻonoho lākou i nā ihoiho 481 e hōʻike i ka 481 RN COVID-19 make ma US, nona ka ka nui loa o ka make ma COVID i loko o ke ao nei. Wahi a ka ʻikepili hulina NNU, ʻoi aku ma mua o 4,700 mau limahana mālama olakino US i make ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka maʻi me COVID.
Ke hoʻomau nei kekahi mau ʻōnaehana haukapila i ka hāʻule ʻana i ko lākou hakakā ʻana e hāʻawi i ka mālama no nā maʻi maʻi 156,505 COVID-positive, wahi a Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia nā ʻikepili i ka Pōʻakahi mai ka US Department of Health and Human Services, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā moʻolelo i hoʻonohonoho ʻia i ka wā hoʻoilo ʻo Delta i ka hoʻoilo. ʻO ka piʻi ʻana ka manaʻo o kekahi mau haukapila hoʻopaʻa i nā kaʻina hana wikiwiki ʻole a me ka hilinaʻi ʻana i nā limahana o ka National Guard e hoʻopiha i nā hemahema o nā limahana koʻikoʻi. ʻO ka pule i hala aku nei, ua kau ʻo Pelekikena Joe Biden 1,000 pūʻali koa lapaʻau i ʻeono mokuʻāina kahi o na halema'i i piha ai.
Ke kuhikuhi nei nā RN ma ka ʻāina i ka pilikia o ka haukapila e hoʻihoʻi i hope i ka mokuʻāina a me ka federal COVID safety protocol rollbacks, me ka Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) a me Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA), ʻo ia hoʻi. hoʻonāwaliwali i nā alakaʻi kaʻawale COVID a nā pale no nā limahana mālama ola.
ʻO ka nāwaliwali o ka CDC i nā alakaʻi hoʻokaʻawale i alakaʻi i nā haukapila a me nā keʻena mālama olakino e koi ana i nā kauka COVID-maikaʻi a me nā kahu hānai e hoʻi i ka hana. Ua hoʻopaʻapaʻa nā lawelawe o ka haukapila a me ke keʻena ʻo ia wale nō ke ala e wehe ai ko lākou mau puka ma waena o nā hale hoʻokipa skyrocketing.
"E haʻi aku nā kahu hānai iā ʻoe ua hāʻule mākou no ka mea ua ʻae mākou i ka makemake o nā ʻoihana a me nā limahana o kā mākou haukapila e kuhikuhi i ka pane ʻana o ko mākou ʻāina i kēia maʻi. ʻO kā lākou pahuhopu ka waiwai, ʻaʻole hoʻopakele ola. "
Ua ʻāhewa nā uniona kahu hānai i ka manaʻo o ke alakaʻi ʻo Biden i ka pale ʻana i nā pono o nā mea hana, a lākou e ʻōlelo nei ua pale i ka pane maʻi maʻi o kāna alakaʻi mai ka hiki ke hoʻololi koke i nā ʻano hou a wānana. ʻOiai ʻo ka Pelekikena NNU ʻo Zenei Triunfo-Cortez i hoʻopiʻi i ka hoʻoholo 5-4 a ka ʻAha Kiʻi o ʻAmelika i ka pule i hala aku nei e kākoʻo i kahi kauoha hoʻokele Biden e koi ana i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana COVID-19 no nā limahana mālama olakino ma nā hale e loaʻa kālā kālā federal, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ma kahi olelo ʻO nā koi o ka lāʻau lapaʻau no nā limahana mālama olakino he ʻāpana wale nō ia o ka pane maʻi maʻi federal i ʻoi aku ka mākaukau a piha.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Triunfo-Cortez, ʻo ka ʻōlelo hoʻoholo o ka ʻAha Kiekie "he hōʻailona ia i ke Keʻena ʻOihana a me [OSHA] e hana i ka hana e pono ai - e hoʻonui i ka Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) i hoʻopuka ʻia i Iune i hala a hiki i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i kahi kūlana paʻa e pili ana iā ia no nā wahi hana mālama ola kino." ʻOiai ka puka ʻana a me ka hoʻolaha wikiwiki ʻana o Omicron ma US, ua ʻae ke Keʻena ʻOihana i kāna ETS, ka mea i kau i nā koi koi no nā limahana mālama olakino e pili ana i ka pale ʻana i ka maʻi. pau i ka mahina hope loa.
Ua kapa aku nā luna mokuʻāina a me nā luna aupuni i ka pau ʻana a me nā neʻe like e pono ai e mālama i nā limahana ma waena o ka piʻi ʻana o Omicron, akā he nui nā RN e kapa nei i kēia hoʻopaʻapaʻa he mea hoʻonāukiuki, me ka ʻike ʻana i ka ʻōnaehana mālama olakino no ka loaʻa kālā e hoʻopau i nā pae limahana e pale i ka lalo o nā limahana o ka haukapila. laina laina. Ke hoʻololi nei lākou i nā kelepona e hoʻopau loa i ka ʻōnaehana mālama olakino no ka loaʻa kālā a neʻe i kahi ʻōnaehana uku hoʻokahi. Ma lalo o kahi ʻōnaehana uku hoʻokahi, hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻo NNU, hiki i nā haukapila, a i ʻole paha, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia i nā limahana e hiki ai i nā keʻena ke palekana i ka nalowale o nā limahana i ka maʻi.
ʻO ka hoʻomau ʻole ʻana o nā haukapila i loaʻa i ka loaʻa kālā ke hoʻopukapuka kālā i nā limahana palekana ka mea e hana nei i ke ʻano o nā kūlana hana pōʻino e hoʻokuke aku i nā kahu hānai mai ka ʻoihana i ka manawa e makemake nui ʻia ai lākou, wahi a nā RN unionized. "E haʻi aku nā kahu hānai iā ʻoe ua hāʻule mākou no ka mea ua ʻae mākou i ka makemake o nā ʻoihana a me nā limahana o kā mākou haukapila e kuhikuhi i ka pane ʻana o ko mākou ʻāina i kēia maʻi. ʻO kā lākou pahuhopu ka waiwai, ʻaʻole hoʻopakele ola, "i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Triunfo-Cortez i ka wā o kahi kūkā nūhou i ka pule i hala.
NNU ua hana i kahi noiʻi o nā kaukani RN ma ka ʻāina mai ʻOkakopa a Dekemaba, 2021. ʻO ka poʻe i pane mai, ʻo 83 pakeneka i ʻōlelo ʻia ma ka liʻiliʻi o ka hapalua o kā lākou hoʻololi ʻana he limahana palekana. He kanaonokūmāwalu pākēneka i ʻōlelo ua noʻonoʻo lākou e haʻalele i ko lākou kūlana. ʻO ka hoʻonui koke ʻana i nā pae limahana a me ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka wai o nā kahu hānai i loaʻa ka mea e pono ai e pale i ka piʻi ʻana o ka puhi ahi a me ka haʻalele ʻana, wahi a ka uniona kahu.
Ua haʻi aku ʻo Elizabeth Lalasz, he kahu uniona NNU a me nā kahu hānai lapaʻau i hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻia ma ka Halemai Stroger ma Chicago, Illinois, ka hale hoʻokipa nui o ka Pūnaehana Ola Ola ʻo Cook County. ʻO Truthout ma hope o kona hui ʻana i Iune i hala, ua ʻae ka hoʻokele o ka haukapila e hoʻolimalima i 300 mau kahu hou. ʻO ia ke ʻano o ka hana hui āna i ʻōlelo ai he pono ma waena o ka piʻi ʻana o Omicron.
"Ke noi nei [nā kumu] e mamao a hiki i Ianuali 18, e kōkua iā mākou i nā halemai e hoʻohaʻahaʻa i ka nui o nā maʻi maʻi COVID."
'Ōleloʻo Lalasz ʻO Truthout ʻO ka hui pū ʻana me nā limahana hana mua ma Chicago ʻaʻole ia he koho wale no nā kahu hānai akā he mea pono. Ua ʻike nā kahu hānai inā ʻaʻole lākou i kākoʻo i ka Chicago Teachers Union i kāna hana hou ʻana ma waena o ka ʻōnaehana Kula Aupuni ʻo Chicago, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā halemai o ke kūlanakauhale ma mua o lākou, wahi āna. "Ke noi nei [nā kumu] i kahi mamao a hiki i Ianuali 18, e kōkua iā mākou i nā haukapila e hoʻohaʻahaʻa i ka nui o nā maʻi maʻi COVID," wahi a Lalasz. "ʻO kēlā ʻano lokahi, ke ʻike nei i kēlā pilina, manaʻo wau he mea koʻikoʻi iā mākou e ʻike i ke ʻano o kā mākou hakakā ʻana."
Ua ʻōlelo pū ʻo ia iā Triunfo-Cortez i ka ʻike ʻana i ka ʻōnaehana mālama olakino no ka loaʻa kālā ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻokele mua o nā limahana palekana, me ka ʻike ʻana, "Inā loaʻa ʻoe i ka waiwai, ʻo ka mea āu e noʻonoʻo nei ʻo ia ka laina lalo, e like me, 'Pehea e hiki ai. Ua ʻoki au i kahi kihi?'" Ma kēlā helu helu, ʻike ʻia nā kumukūʻai hana no nā kahu hānai he "nui" - no laila e hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻia kēlā mau kumukūʻai inā ʻaʻole palekana ke hana pēlā, wahi āna.
Nā RNs Hoʻi i ka uku hoʻokahi ma Kaleponi
Ke hoʻomaka nei ka hakakā no ka hoʻonui ʻana i nā limahana a me ka uku hoʻokahi ma Kaleponi, kahi i hana ai nā halemai he 18 i hui ʻia i ka pule i hala ma waena o Gov. Gavin Newsom a me ka California Department of Public Health (CDPH) hoʻoholo e hoʻokuʻu i ka hoʻokele o ka haukapila i ka maʻi akā asymptomatic olakino. limahana mālama hoʻi i ka hana me ke kaʻawale ʻole a i ʻole ka hoʻāʻo ʻana.
Hele mai nā neʻe e like me ka Los Angeles County i ka Pōʻakahi i hōʻike ʻia ma mua o 31,500 mau hihia COVID hou - kahi kokoke i ʻumi mau piʻi mai ka mahina i hala aku nei - a ʻo ka nui o nā maʻi maʻi maʻi COVID ma nā halemai o Sacramento County. ua hōʻea i kahi maʻi maʻi kiʻekiʻe.
Akā ʻoiai ʻo nā kahu hānai me ka California Nurses Association (CNA) a me NNU i hoʻāhewa i nā hana a ke kiaʻāina, ua hoʻopaʻa pū lākou i nā hōʻike e kākoʻo ana i ʻelua mau bila i mua o ka ʻahaʻōlelo o ka mokuʻāina ʻo Kaleponi e hoʻokumu i kahi ʻōnaehana mālama olakino, uku hoʻokahi.
“Ke hōʻoiaʻiʻo nei ʻo Kāpena Newsom a me ka CDPH i ka hoʻouna hou aku…. Manaʻo ʻia nā hale maʻi i nā kikowaena o ka ho'ōla, ʻaʻole nā kikowaena o ka maʻi. "
ʻO ka bila mua, ʻo California Guaranteed Healthcare for All Act, Assembly Bill 1400, i hoʻoholo ʻia mai ke Kōmike Ola Hale Ahaolelo o ka ʻahaʻōlelo ma kahi koho 11-3. E hoʻopau ka pila i ka ʻōnaehana mālama olakino no ka waiwai o Kaleponi, me ka wehe ʻana i nā hui ʻinikua olakino pilikino mai ke kiʻi. E hoʻololi ʻia nā poʻe Kaleponi āpau i kahi hou hoʻolālā honua i kapa ʻia ʻo "CalCare" ʻo ia ka mea e hōʻemi ai i nā kumukūʻai mālama ola ma ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka ʻoihana ʻinikua ma luna a me ka loaʻa kālā ʻoiai e koi ana i ka hoʻemi ʻana i nā uku hoʻolako a me nā kumukūʻai lāʻau.
ʻAʻole maopopo ka hopena o ka bila, no ka mea, pono ia e hoʻoholo i kahi hoʻolālā kālā ʻokoʻa e hōʻike ana i ka piʻi ʻana o ka ʻauhau mokuʻāina nui loa ma ka mōʻaukala, i manaʻo ʻia he $163 biliona, pono e ʻae ʻia e ka poʻe koho ma kahi hoʻololi i ke kumukānāwai Kaleponi. ʻAʻole kū wale nā bila i nā lālā o ka ʻaha Demokarata kānalua, akā ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia nō hoʻi ke kūʻē ʻana mai nā lobbies ikaika no nā kauka a me nā ʻoihana ʻinikua. Hele mai kēia ma ke ʻano he Kiaʻāina Newsom ua wehe ʻo ia i kāna hoʻolālā kālā mokuʻāina he $286 biliona ʻo ia ka mea e ʻae ai i ka poʻe palapala ʻole e kākau inoa no Medi-Cal, ka papahana olakino o ka mokuʻāina no nā poʻe Kaleponi haʻahaʻa.
Ua kākoʻo ʻo Pelekikena CNA ʻo Cathy Kennedy i ka manaʻo mālama olakino uku hoʻokahi, e hōʻike ana i ka pono ʻole o ka mālama olakino i hoʻonui ʻia e ka maʻi maʻi COVID-19. "ʻO kēia ʻōnaehana mālama ola olakino ke kumu kūʻai o nā ola, i hiki i kekahi mau luna ʻinikua olakino ke laina i kā lākou ʻeke," ʻo ia. haʻiʻia ka Guardian i ka pule aku nei.
Ua hoʻopiʻi pū ʻo Kennedy me ke Kiaʻāina Newsom a me ka CDPH, e haʻi ana i nā mea hoʻolaha i ka wā o ka hālāwai kūkā ʻana o ka hoʻoholo e ʻae i nā kahu hānai maʻi e hoʻi i ka hana "ʻaʻole kūpono, a ʻaʻole kūpono. ʻO ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka manawa kaʻawale a me ka hoʻouna ʻana i nā limahana mālama olakino asymptomatic a i ʻike ʻole ʻia e hana e hōʻoiaʻiʻo i ka hiki ke pale ʻia, nā maʻi, nā halemai a me ka make. Ma ka hana ʻana i kēia mau mea a pau, ʻo Kāpena Newsom a me ka CDPH ke hōʻoiaʻiʻo nei i ka hoʻouna hou aku…. Manaʻo ʻia nā hale maʻi i nā kikowaena o ka ho'ōla, ʻaʻole nā kikowaena o ka maʻi. "
"Pono mākou i kā mākou mea hana a me kā mākou mau luna i koho ʻia ma ka mokuʻāina federal a me nā pae kūloko e hāʻawi iā mākou i nā pale e pili ana i ka ʻepekema, ʻaʻole wale ka mea maikaʻi no ka ʻoihana."
Ua hōʻike pū ʻo NNU's Triunfo-Cortez, i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka maʻi maʻi, ua noi ka ʻoihana haukapila ma Kaleponi iā Kiaʻāina Newsom a me CDPH e haʻalele i ka palena haʻahaʻa o nā kahu hānai-a-maʻi, ma mua o ka koho ʻana e hoʻolimalima i nā limahana hou. ʻO ka hoʻopau ʻia ka waiver, wahi āna, ma hope o ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana o ka hui ʻo nā kahu hānai Kaleponi. Eia nō naʻe, ke hoʻomau nei nā kahu maʻi ma Kaleponi i kahi pilikia o nā limahana me ka ʻoi aku ka ikaika o nā lula o nā kahu hānai a me nā maʻi.
ʻO ia ke kumu koʻikoʻi loa ka hoʻolilo ʻana i nā bila uku hoʻokahi, wahi a nā kahu hānai. ʻO ka Hoʻololi Kumukānāwai 11, ka mea e hoʻokumu i kahi pūʻolo ʻauhau e uku ai no ka hoʻolālā CalCare, hoʻonohonoho i ka manaʻo hou. hookaawale mai ka mokuʻāina i hāʻule i ka 2017 uku uku hoʻokahi. Akā, pono ka poʻe koho pāloka e hele i ka piʻi ʻauhau, ʻaʻole hiki ke hiki a hiki i 2024.
ʻAʻole hiki mai ʻo AB 1400 wale nō ma waena o ka piʻi ʻana o Omicron, akā ʻoi aku hoʻi ma mua o 70 pakeneka o nā ʻinikua olakino nui loa o ka lāhui. hoʻopau i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i ke kumukūʻai lapaʻau COVID, e hōʻike ana i nā poʻe maʻi i hoʻopaʻa ʻia a hoʻopaʻa ʻia i nā pila astronomical a hiki i ka pōʻino kālā inā pono lākou e mālama.
"Aia mākou e hoʻohālikelike, i ko mākou komo ʻana i ke kolu o ka makahiki o kēia maʻi maʻi make, ʻaʻole hiki ke kūpaʻa [ka pane maʻi maʻi i kēia manawa]," wahi a CNA a me NNU Luna Hoʻokele ʻo Bonnie Castillo i ka wā o ka pule i hala. "ʻO nā kahu hānai i hāʻawi mua i kā mākou āpau, ke holo nei mākou ma waho o ka nele. Pono mākou i ko mākou poʻe hana a me nā luna i koho ʻia ma ka mokuʻāina federal a me nā pae kūloko e hāʻawi iā mākou i nā pale e pili ana i ka ʻepekema, ʻaʻole wale i ka mea maikaʻi no ka ʻoihana. Ke ʻōlelo nei nā kahu hānai inā ʻaʻole hana nā limahana o ka haukapila, nā luna i koho ʻia i ka lehulehu, i ka mea e pono ai mākou e hana i ka pale ʻana i kēia maʻi maʻi, ʻaʻohe kahu hānai e mālama iā ʻoe i ka wā e noho ai ʻoe i kēlā moena haukapila. . A ke makemake nei au e … [manaʻo nui] ua hiki mai kēlā lā."
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