Cishe abahlengikazi abangu-2,300 E-University of Chicago Medical Centre balungiselela ukungena esitelekeni ngoLwesihlanu, bekhala ngezinkinga zokungasebenzi, izimo zokusebenza ezingaphephile, kanye nesikhathi esengeziwe esiphoqelelwe. I-Medical Centre, exhumene nenyuvesi enemali eyizigidigidi zamarandi, nesanda kunwetshwa. ihlongozwe ngo-$269 million, uyenqaba ukuxoxisana ngenkontileka nabahlengikazi, abamelwe yiNational Nurses United.
NgoSepthemba 13, okuthunyelwe ku- isayithi elibukeka ngokusemthethweni ebizwa nge-UCMCnurses.org, emele izimfuno zabaphathi, izamile ukubukela phansi inyunyana nesiteleka, futhi yabiza uhambo lwabaholi bezinyunyana bephuma edolobheni “ngokuziphatha okuyihlazo.” Kamuva ngalolo suku, ngemva kokubhekana nokugxekwa, iSikhungo Sezokwelapha sasakaza isu lokuxhumana elihlanganisa “ukushintsha kwezwi” ekuthumeleni imiyalezo namalungu enyunyana kanye namaphuzu okuxoxa asikisela ukuthi kugxilwe ekutheni isiteleka sosuku olulodwa esisondelayo sesivele sithinta iziguli. Kunamaphuzu amathathu ezinhlamvu ezisohlwini: “Ukudluliswa kwezinsana ezigula kakhulu,” “Kwehle kakhulu ukufinyelela ekunakekelweni Ohlangothini OluseNingizimu YaseChicago,” kanye “Nokuhoxiswa kokuhlinzwa nezinqubo.”
I-Medical Centre isivele isiqalile ukuhambisa izingane kanye nezingane ezisezikhungweni zabagula kakhulu zibayise kwezinye izibhedlela. Ngokombhalo wangaphakathi otholwe yiThe Intercept, abaphathi besibhedlela banxusa abaphathi ukuthi bakhulume nabahlengikazi. “Abaphathi yibona abanobudlelwano obubodwa nabahlengikazi abaphambili futhi abadingi ukubalekela izingxoxo ezinzima kodwa badinga ukusiza abahlengikazi baqonde umbono wenhlangano,” kufunda iphuzu elilodwa ngaphansi kwesithi “Uhlelo Lwesenzo Sobuholi Namaphuzu Okukhuluma/Q&A.”
"Sebenzisa ukudluliswa kwezingane ezizalwa ngaphambi kwesikhathi ezigula kakhulu njengesibonelo 'esingenamahloni'," imemo ibe isiphakamisa.
Umbhalo wangaphakathi ongenhla usatshalaliswe kubaphathi. UDebi, kumemo, nguDebra Albert, isikhulu sabahlengikazi kanye nephini likamongameli omkhulu wezinsizakalo zokunakekelwa kweziguli e-University of Chicago Medicine.
UMarti Smith, umqondisi weNational Nurses Organising Committee/National Nurses United, uyavuma ukuthi kuyishwa ukuthi isibhedlela kumele sihambise iziguli ezigula kakhulu kwenye indawo, kodwa wathi ukudluliswa kweziguli kuwumphumela wokwenqaba kwabaphathi ukuhlala phansi bakhulume nabasebenzi babo. ukukhathazeka. "Akekho ofuna ukushiya iziguli zabo," kusho uSmith. "Impela abaphathi bangakhangisa isiteleka uma bekhuluma nathi ngalolu daba."
Inkontileka yale nyunyana yaphela ngo-Ephreli. Izingxoxo zabhodloka ngasekupheleni kukaLwesithathu, ngakho abahlengikazi kulindeleke ukuthi bateleke ngokusemthethweni ngoLwesihlanu ekuseni. Ngesikhathi begcina ukuteleka ngo-2015, bafinyelela esivumelwaneni nabaphathi ngaphambi nje kwezinhlelo zabasebenzi ezihleliwe.
Kusukela ngoJanuwari 2017, abahlengikazi eNyuvesi yaseChicago Medical Center bafake okungenani imibiko engu-1,500 kubaphathi mayelana nezimo ezingaphephile ezihlobene nokuqashwa kwabasebenzi. Abahlengikazi bathi isibhedlela sifuna ukuthi basebenze ngaphandle komkhakha wabo wobuchwepheshe, esikhundleni sokuqasha abahlengikazi abaningi. Baphinde bathi abasebenzi bayaphoqeleka ukuthi basebenze isikhathi esengeziwe ngemuva kokuqeda amahora angu-12, okwandisa ingozi yokuphepha kweziguli.
Nakuba isibhedlela sigqamisa ukufinyelela ekunakekelweni kwe-South Side ezindaweni zayo zokukhuluma, inyuvesi ngaphambilini ibhekane nezingqinamba zokungazinaki izidingo zezempilo zomphakathi. Ngo-2015, inyuvesi kuvulwe kabusha iyunithi yokunakekela abantu abadala esikhungweni sayo sezokwelapha, kulandela imibhikisho yeminyaka engu-18 yokushona komhleli uDamian Turner. Isishoshovu sentsha sidutshulwe kude nje nesikhungo sezokwelapha kodwa, ngenxa yesivumelwano, sathathwa sayiswa eNorthwestern Memorial Hospital.
Abahlengikazi abangaphezu kuka-5,500 ezibhedlela e-Arizona, California, naseFlorida, bahlose ukujoyina abahlengikazi base-University of Chicago Medical Center futhi bateleke ngoSepthemba 20, ngokuvumelana ne National Nurses United. Yize isiteleka kufanele sidonse usuku olulodwa, isibhedlela sihlose ukuvala isikhala sabahlengikazi izinsuku ezinhlanu, sivalele abasebenzi ngaphandle.
Elinye iphuzu lokukhuluma elisohlwini lwememo liphakamisa ukuthi abaphathi "badinga ngempela ukuqinisa" "ukuphindaphinda" kokuthi "ukuthi ufuna izilinganiso zabasebenzi ukuqinisekisa ukuthi iziguli ziphephile," kuyilapho befuna isiteleka ngesikhathi esifanayo nenqwaba yezinye izibhedlela ezweni lonke. "ukunciphisa inani labahlengikazi abakhona."
Abahlengikazi benza iziteleka zosuku olulodwa ngokuqondile ukuze “banciphise umthelela emphakathini,” kuphawula uSmith, futhi isikhungo sezokwelapha “sisanda kukhetha ukwandisa umthelela emphakathini.” Uphinde waveza ukuthi isibhedlela sizokhokha abahlengikazi besikhashana imali engaphezu kokuphindwe kabili kunaleyo evame ukwenziwa ngabasebenzi, ngaphezu kokukhokhela uhambo lwabo nokudla.
"Bangathola kalula abasebenzi abenele phakathi kwethimba labo labaphathi kanye nabahlengikazi abambalwa besikhungo ukuthi baphathe isibhedlela usuku - bavele bakhethe ukuvalela abahlengikazi ngaphandle izinsuku ezinhlanu."
I-University of Chicago Medical Center ayizange isibuyise isicelo sokuphawula.
Ngasekuqaleni kwaleli sonto, umfelandawonye wezinyunyana ezimele abahlengikazi abangaphezu kuka-80,000 kanye nabasebenzi bezokwelapha eKaiser Permanente umemezele ukuthi bazophuma ngo-Okthoba esitelekeni esizoba yisiteleka esikhulu kunazo zonke kusukela ngo-1997. , kanye nezinzuzo.
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