ʻO Providence St. Joseph Health, ʻo ke kolu o ka hui mālama ola kino nui ʻole no ka loaʻa kālā ma ka ʻāina, loaʻa kālā makahiki he $20 biliona kūʻē i ka National Union of Healthcare Workers.
Eia ka moʻolelo o David vs. Goliath, hou; ʻO ka moʻolelo ka mea maʻamau i kēia manawa ke hoʻohui a hui ʻia nā halemai a me nā mea mālama ola kino.
ʻO ka Mō'īwahine o ke awāwa ka mea maʻamau o ka mālama olakino kua'āina, he mea liʻiliʻi, lawelawe ia i ka poʻe ʻilihune, ʻelemakule, nāwaliwali ke kālā, hakakā kāna poʻe limahana. Eia nō naʻe, ʻo ia ka haukapila ma Napa, ke kūlanakauhale, ka mea hana nui loa ma Napa, ke kalana. I kekahi manawa, ʻōlelo ka poʻe kamaʻāina iā ia ma nā ʻōlelo aloha.
Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka Mōʻīwahine ma 1958, ma ke ʻano he loulou i ka St. Joseph Health System; Loaʻa iā ia nā moena 211 a me nā limahana lawelawe a me nā ʻenehana 420 (me nā mea kōkua kahu hānai, nā ʻenehana lāʻau lapaʻau, a me nā limahana mālama hanu). Ua mālama ʻia he 27,000 mau maʻi ma 2016.
ʻAʻole i manaʻo ʻia ʻo St. Joseph, kahi keʻena nui ma Irvine ma Kaleponi Hema, akā ua ʻae ʻo ia i ka hoʻonohonoho kūleʻa ʻana e ka National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) ma ʻehā o ʻelima mau halemai o Kaleponi ʻĀkau – Santa Rosa, Petaluma, Eureka a me Fortuna.
I Nowemapa 2016, ua hahai nā limahana o ka Mōʻīwahine o ke awāwa i ka hana, e koho nui ana e hui pū. Kakaʻikahi nā pilikia i manaʻo ʻia i ka wā i hoʻomaka ai ke kālepa.
Ua kuhihewa lakou. Ua hōʻike ka hoʻokele o ka haukapila i nā pahuhopu o nā mea hou, Providence, o Renton, Wakinekona. Ua hoʻihoʻi ʻia ka manaʻo o ke koho balota a me ka hui i Malaki.
Ua hui pū ʻo Providence me St Joseph Health i ka pūnāwai, 2016; Hoʻohana kēia hui hui i 110,000 poʻe ma ʻehiku mau mokuʻāina komohana. He 50 mau halemai; ua wānana ʻia kāna mau loaʻa makahiki ma mua o $20 biliona i kēia makahiki.
Ua haʻaheo ʻo Providence CEO Rod Hochman, "Me ka hui ʻana, hiki ke mālama i ka 22 miliona mau kānaka," wahi āna. "E loaʻa iā mākou ka pālākiō e hiki ai ke hana i ka hopena i ka hāʻawi ʻia ʻana o ka mālama olakino ma United States."
ʻO Hochman kahi haumāna Ivy League, he mea kūkulu aupuni, he "neʻe a haʻalulu." No kēia, aia kāna uku i nā miliona; he nui kona mau penihana; ʻO kona honua ka honua hui.
Makemake ʻo ia e hana i kahi "hopena," ʻae, akā he aha ke ʻano o ka hopena? Manaʻo nā lālā o ka NUHW ma ka Mōʻīwahine aia lākou ma ka hopena o ka ʻoihana ʻoihana ʻo Providence no ka hāʻawi ʻana i ke olakino - kahi e hoʻoponopono ʻia ai ka poʻe hana, ʻo ka mea maʻi he mea kūʻai aku, a ʻo nā lula lalo - no ka waiwai, ʻaʻole no ka waiwai, mea liʻiliʻi. Ke lilo nei lākou i mau mea, ʻaʻole nā ʻelele i ka hoʻolako mālama olakino.
Ke koi nei ka poʻe mālama i ka Mōʻīwahine e ʻeke ana ka haukapila i nā waiwai nui aʻo ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻana i nā ʻāpana a me ka hoʻomanawanui ʻana o nā mea maʻi i ka kali lōʻihi no ka mālama pilikia.
Hana lākou e kōkua i nā kānaka, ʻaʻole e kūkulu i nā aupuni, akā pono lākou e ola. Ua hoʻopiʻi lākou me ka National Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Ke ʻōlelo nei lākou ua hoʻihoʻi hewa ʻo Providence i kā lākou uniona a ke koi nei i nā limahana e ʻae i kēia.
"Mai ka manawa a mākou i hoʻomaka ai i ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana, ua hoʻāʻo nā luna mōʻīwahine e hoʻoweliweli iā mākou mai ka hoʻokumu ʻana i kahi hui," wahi a Ray Herrera, he loea radiology. "ʻAʻole lākou makemake i kahi limahana e hoʻomālamalama i ke ʻano o kā lākou hana ʻana i ka mālama maʻi e hoʻonui hou i kā lākou loaʻa kālā."
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Queen of the Valley CEO Larry Coomes ʻaʻole i manaʻo ka haukapila "ʻaʻole i manaʻoʻiʻo ke koho balota i mālama ʻia i Nowemapa i hōʻoia i kā mākou poʻe limahana āpau i hiki ke koho balota i ke koho balota," ʻoiai ʻo kēia, ʻoiaʻiʻo, i ka hoʻohuli ʻana o ka haukapila. ʻike mua i nā hopena a me ka hui.
ʻO ka NLRB, e pane ana i nā hoʻopiʻi NUWH, hoʻopiʻi i kēia; ua hoʻopuka ʻo ia i kahi hoʻopiʻi kūʻē i ka Mōʻīwahine o ke awāwa. Ua hoʻopiʻi ka Luna Hoʻokele ʻĀpana ʻo Jill Coffman i ka haukapila no ka uhai ʻana i ke kānāwai limahana federal. Ua ʻike ʻo ia ʻo ka hoʻokele "hoʻoweliweli i nā limahana me nā uku kikoʻī ʻole no ka hana ʻana i nā hana uniona" a "hōʻole i ka noi a kahi limahana no ka hōʻike ʻana," ʻo ia hoʻi ua hoʻololi nā luna hoʻoponopono i nā papa hana 'e hoʻonāwaliwali i nā limahana mai ka hana ʻana i nā hana palekana.
Ke kali nei na limahana; manaʻo ʻia kekahi hoʻoholo NLRB i loko o ka mahina a manaʻolana lākou. Eia nō naʻe, he nui ka poʻe e noʻonoʻo nei no ke aha i hele ai ka haukapila i nā lōʻihi - a ma ia mau uku - e hōʻole iā lākou i kā lākou kuleana kumu.
He kānalua ko ka mea hoʻonohonoho NUHW Hilda Poulson. "Manaʻo wau he hale kūʻai wale nō ia," wahi āna, "Ua ʻike maopopo ʻo Providence St. Josephs he hoʻokele hou kā mākou ma Wakinekona, DC a manaʻo lākou aia ka manawa ma ko lākou ʻaoʻao. Ke kali nei lākou e ʻike i ka mea e hana hou ai ʻo Trump i ka papa hana. "
I kēia manawa, hoʻomau ka hakakā. Ma ʻAukake 28, 150 mau limahana, nā hoaaloha a me nā hoalauna i komo i kahi kiaʻi ma waho o ka haukapila. Ua kamaʻilio nā kahu mālama i ko lākou aloha i ka Mōʻīwahine a me ko lākou hopohopo ma lalo o ke alakaʻi ʻana o Providence St.
Ua nīnau ʻo Kelly O'Neill, he mea lapaʻau hanu, i ka pae o nā limahana o ka haukapila e noʻonoʻo ana i nā ʻikepili hou e hōʻike ana ua loaʻa iā ia kahi kālā he $ 10 miliona i ka makahiki i hala. "ʻO ka mōhai ʻana i ka mālama maʻi ma ka inoa o ka laina lalo e kūʻē i nā mea āpau a mākou e kū ai," wahi āna.
"ʻEhia ka nui o ʻoukou i kali e ʻike ʻia ma ka ER, i ka wā e loaʻa ana ʻoe a i ʻole kekahi mea aloha i kahi pilikia?" i nīnau aku ai ʻo Gabbi Caro, he luna hoʻomaʻamaʻa maʻi. “He mea huhu anei ia? No ka mea, ua huhū au.
ʻO ka poʻe kākoʻo ma ka makaʻala o nā limahana, ʻo ia nō ʻo North Bay Jobs with Justice, Napa Valley Democrats, ka Napa/Solano Central Labor Council, UNITE HERE! Local 2850 a me ka Hui Hoʻonaʻauao ʻo Napa Valley.
Ua hōʻike ʻo Marty Bennett, Co-chair of Jobs with Justice, i ka pono o ka lōkahi: "Pono mākou e lanakila ma aneʻi. He ʻano maʻamau kēia neʻe ʻana i nā mea e hana nei ma North Bay. Nui nā limahana uku haʻahaʻa, nā malihini, nā wahine, nā ʻōpio - a ke hoʻouka ʻia nei lākou. Ua koi ʻo Bennett e hiki ke hana ʻia, e kuhikuhi ana i nā lanakila hou ma Sonoma County kahi i lanakila nui ai nā Teamsters no nā mea lawe ʻōpala a ua lanakila ʻo Unite Here ma Hyatt ma Santa Rosa.
ʻO Napa County, kaulana loa no ka pseudo-Chateaux a me nā hua waina, ua piha i ka waiwai, e like me nā kalana Sonoma a me Marin. Eia naʻe, ke mau nei ka ʻilihune, ke ʻano like ʻole.
Ma ka makaʻala, ua hoʻohiki ʻo John Riley, o ka Napa/Solana Central Labor Council, "Ke kū nei mākou me ko mākou mau kaikunāne ma Queen of the Valley Medical Center i ke koi ʻana i kā mākou waiwai nui - e mālama ʻia me ka mahalo a me ke kuleana e kūʻai pololei."
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ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo o ka pudding, ua ʻōlelo ʻia, aia i ka ʻai ʻana, a ʻo ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻo ka lanakila o nā limahana US he kakaikahi a mamao loa ma waena o kēia mau lā, a, auwe, lanakila i kekahi manawa - Volkswagen, Boeing, Nissan - hiki ke ʻike ʻole ʻia. Nui nā mea e pono ai e ʻōlelo e pili ana i kēia mau mea, ʻoiaʻiʻo, he nui nā mea i ʻōlelo ʻia.
Akā, a laila, ke koʻikoʻi o kēia moʻolelo; mai poina kakou i ka mea hiki ke lanakila. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻo ka Mōʻīwahine o ke awāwa, he liʻiliʻi ia, akā he loulou nō hoʻi ia i loko o kahi kaulahao hui nui, ʻo kāna ʻano ʻoihana. He mea koʻikoʻi kēia lanakila (i kēia manawa) a ʻoi aku ka nui o ka lanakila ʻana o ka NUHW ma nā wahi hana ma luna a ma lalo o ka mokuʻāina o Kaleponi. ʻOi aku ka nui o nā lālā o ka NUHW ma luna o 13,000, ua piʻi aʻe mai ka ʻole i ka makahiki 2009 - ʻaʻohe mea liʻiliʻi.
Pehea? Eia ʻo Jose Cantera, kahi ʻenehana cath lab me ʻumikūmāhiku mau makahiki ma Queen of the Valley:
Ua hui pū au me koʻu mau hoa hana e loaʻa ka leo i ka mālama maʻi, i ka manawa i ʻike ʻia ai ʻoi aku ka makemake o ke alakaʻi ʻoihana hou i nā waiwai ma mua o nā maʻi. ʻO ka pane a nā luna ʻoihana ʻo Providence St. Joseph - e hōʻole i kā mākou kuleana, e hoʻokau i ke kaua kūʻokoʻa kūʻokoʻa a hoʻoweliweli iā mākou me ka hoʻopaʻi - he mea kaumaha a hilahila maoli. ʻOiai ʻo nā hana hoʻoweliweli, lana koʻu manaʻolana no ka mea ke hakakā nei mākou no kahi mea a mākou e manaʻoʻiʻo ai: ko mākou mau maʻi a me ko mākou ʻohana. Ke hilinaʻi nei lākou iā mākou, a ʻaʻole mākou e haʻalele koke.
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ʻElua mau memo mai ka Health Care front:
E nānā ka poʻe heluhelu - ma mua o ka holo wikiwiki ʻana i ka Halemai Suedena ʻo Providence St Joseph's Health no Seattle no ka ʻoki lolo - pono e nānā i ka "hoʻopiʻi" (he hoʻolaha ʻaoʻao piha ma ka Seattle Times) a ka Luna Nui ʻo Dr. Rod Hochman.
"Ke kala aku nei au i nā kahu mālama, nā kauka, nā maʻi a me ke kaiāulu no ka ʻeha o ke kūlana o kēia manawa," kākau ʻo Hochman. "Ua ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ʻoe mai iā mākou - a mai iaʻu ... [ʻo wau] ke kuleana hope loa no nā kūleʻa a me nā hewa o nā haukapila i kā mākou ʻōnaehana."
ʻO kēia, "e kala aku," he ʻokoʻa loa ia i kāna pane mua ʻana i ka hoʻohewa ʻana iā Kuekene - "ʻAʻole kēia he democracy!" i hoʻōho aku ai ka mea kūʻai kālā ʻo Seattle. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, ma waena o nā mea ʻē aʻe, ke kauka lapaʻau a Kauka Johnny Delashaw - ʻoiai ʻo ia kekahi o nā kauka lapaʻau kaulana i kiʻi ʻia e Hochman e hoʻonui i ka piʻi ʻana o ka haukapila i luna o nā kūlana.
Ua hele mai ʻo Delashaw i Suedena mai Kaleponi i ka makahiki 2013, ʻoiai nā hoʻokolokolo a me nā hoʻopiʻi ma laila, e like me ka Times (Malaki 1, 2017), "ua hana paha ʻo ia i nā ʻoki pono ʻole a ua loaʻa i kāna mau mea maʻi ke kiʻekiʻe o nā pilikia olakino.
"Ma hope o ka hōʻea ʻana i Suedena, ua puka koke ʻo Delashaw ma ke ʻano he lolo kiʻekiʻe loa a i ʻole ka spine surgeon ma ka mokuʻāina, e mālama ana i nā hihia maʻi maʻi 661 i ʻoi aku ma mua o $ 86 miliona i nā uku uku no ka haukapila i kāna mau mahina 16 mua. Akā i kēlā manawa, ua kū ʻo ia i nā hanana o nā hoʻopiʻi kūloko mai nā limahana Swedish, e like me nā moʻolelo.
Ua noiʻi ka Times i nā hopohopo kūloko e pili ana i ka mālama ʻana i ka maʻi, a me ka huhū o nā limahana no ka mālama ʻole ʻia ʻana o kā lākou hopohopo. - i ka wā i hiki mai ai iā Delashaw. "Ua ʻae ʻo Sweden i nā ʻaelike i hoʻoikaika i nā kauka e ʻimi i ka nui o nā kaʻina hana, a ua mālama kekahi mau kauka i kā lākou hana ma o ka holo ʻana i nā ʻokiʻoki he nui i ka manawa like. Ua piʻi nui ka nui o nā hihia a me nā pili kālā āpau i nā makahiki i hala.
"ʻEhā mau limahana o kēia manawa a me nā limahana mua i noi e noho inoa ʻole i hōʻike i ka hopohopo e hoʻomaha ka OR e kali iā Delashaw i waenakonu o ke kaʻina, me ka wehe ʻana o ke kino o ka mea maʻi a ma lalo o ka anesthesia.
"ʻEkolu o nā limahana i noi e noho inoa ʻole i hōʻike i ka hopohopo e haʻalele ʻo Delashaw i kahi keʻena ma ka manawa like me nā hihia he nui i ka OR."
E noho mālie. Ua wehe ka Loio Kuhina i ka laikini o Delashaw. Ke hoʻomau nei nā noiʻi.
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He Paʻi no ka ʻōlelo manuahi no nā limahana?
ʻAukake 23, 2017. Ua koho nā limahana kahu hānai i ka San Rafael Health and Wellness Center ma Marin County, CA, e koi ana iā Brius Healthcare e hoʻopau i nā kūkākūkā me nā limahana a me kā lākou hui, ka National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW).
ʻO ka poʻe hoʻopaʻapaʻa, nā limahana o Brius, ke kaulahao home hānai nui o Kaleponi, ke koi nei i ka mālama ʻana i kā lākou pūnaewele kiaʻi, ʻo Brius Watch.org: "Keeping an Eye on California's most Notorious Nursing Home Company" Makemake ʻo Brius e iho. (E nānā i ka "Life and Death in Health Care's Trenches," CounterPunch, ʻOkakopa 6, 2016).
Mālama ʻo Brius Watch i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa (mal) o kēia kaulahao o 81 mau hale hānai, a ma kona ʻēheu ʻākau, ʻo Kaleponi Hema ka mea nona ka piliona kālā, ʻo Shlomo Rechnitz lele kiʻekiʻe.
"ʻO mākou ka leo no ko mākou poʻe kamaʻāina," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Maria Martinez, he mea kōkua kahu hānai ma San Rafael. "ʻO ka manawa kēia e hōʻike ai i ka ʻoihana pono lākou e hana i ka mea kūpono. A ʻaʻole mākou e hamau. A ʻo nā mea āpau a lākou e hana ai, e lawe mākou i waho i ke kaiāulu. "
Hōʻike ʻo NUHW ua kokoke nā limahana Brius i ka ʻae ʻana i nā ʻaelike ma kāna mau keʻena Marin ʻelua i ka wā i koi hewa ʻole ai nā ʻelele Brius e lawe ka hui iā BriusWatch mai ka pūnaewele.
Ua piʻi ka poʻe mālama mālama i ʻelima mau makahiki me ka ʻole o ke ala, akā naʻe, hōʻole lākou e lawe i ka pūnaewele. "Ke hōʻike nei mākou i ke kaiāulu e kū nei mākou no kā mākou poʻe maʻi," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Martinez i ka wā o ke awakea ma San Rafael. "ʻAʻole ʻae kēia hui i kēia hui e hele me kekahi mea. E hakakā ana kāua.
Ke koi nei nā limahana Brius i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka uku – he kakaikahi ka poʻe i hiki ke noho ma kēia kalana waiwai loa o Kaleponi (ka loaʻa kālā o ka ʻohana, $120,000). Makemake lākou i nā limahana kūpono a me nā kumuwaiwai. Ua haʻi aku nā mea hoʻoponopono mokuʻāina iā Brius no ka meaʻai pau a me nā lako pono ʻole.
ʻO Cal Winslow ka Luna Hoʻokele o ka Mendocino Institute. ʻO kāna puke hou loa ʻo River of Fire, Crisis, Commons and the Imagination. ʻO ia ka mea hoʻoponopono o EP Thompson a me ka Making of the New Left a me ka mea kākau o Labor's Civil War ma Kaleponi. Noho ʻo ia me kona ʻohana ma kahi o Caspar ma ke kahakai ʻo Mendocino. Hiki ke loaʻa iā ia ma [pale ʻia ka leka uila].
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