Abahlengikazi bacule izingoma ezimuncu namuhla enkampanini yamabhizinisi ezimele abathi ibulawa yindlala ezibhedlela zaseMassachusetts futhi baxabanisa abasebenzi.
Abahlengikazi baseMassachusetts beza endlunkulu yeCerberus Capital eManhattan ngoba iCerberus iyimali ngemuva kweSteward Health Systems, eyathatha uhlelo lwesibhedlela samaKhatholika esinezinkinga iCaritas ngonyaka odlule futhi manje isicindezela iziguli nabasebenzi ukuthola inzuzo enkulu.
Amakhulu amalungu eNational Nurses United, inyunyana kazwelonke yabahlengikazi baseMassachusetts, acule futhi acula ngaphandle kweCerberus namhlanje ntambama.
Ngokubona ukuthi amafemu azimele asebenza ngokukhethekile ekudicileleni amabhizinisi anezinkinga phansi futhi awanike abanikazi abasha, iMassachusetts Nurses Association yayiphikelele ngesikhathi ithatha izintambo iziqinisekiso zokuthi imikhuba nezinto ezikhethekile ngeke ziqedwe.
Izisebenzi zasesibhedlela zavuma, kodwa i-MNA yathola uhlelo lwempesheni yabaqashi abaningi futhi yabeka inkundla yokuxoxisana nalolu chungechunge ngokuhlanganyela kuzo zonke izibhedlela zayo ezine esikhundleni sokuxoxisana ngasinye.
Manje i-Steward iphonsela inselelo uhlelo lwempesheni ye-MNA, ivala amayunithi, futhi isabisa ngokuvala izibhedlela zonke ukuze yenze abahlengikazi bavule izinkontileka zabo.
"Umgomo wabo wonke bekuwukugcina izibhedlela zomphakathi ziphila," kusho uLinda Tasker, umhlengikazi we-telemetry esibhedlela iMerrimack Valley. "Kodwa bagebenga uPeter ukuthi akhokhele uPaul, futhi bakhetha izibhedlela ezizokwenza imali eningi."
I-Steward iphinde yehlisa abasebenzi abaningi abahlengikaziโikakhulukazi labo abaphezulu ohlwini lwabadala kanye nezinga lomholo.
UVictoria Webster noLynne Blanchard babengabahlengikazi ababili kwabangu-13 abaxoshwa ngoMeyi ophikweni lwabagula ngengqondo esibhedlela iCarney eDorchester. Bathi ukudutshulwa, okuhlanganisa abeluleki bezempilo yengqondo abangu-19, kwenzeke ngemuva kokushaya indweba ngodlame lweziguli nokuntula kwabasebenzi kulesi sikhungo. Bathi uSteward uqashe abahlengikazi abasha abangenalwazi.
UKONGA OKUPHEZULU
Abahlengikazi bathi ukuthungathwa kokugcinwa kwezindleko kufinyelela kwedlulele.
Uma iphansi linabasebenzi abambalwa, abahlengikazi bathi, abaphathi besibhedlela sendawo abakwazi ukuqasha abahlengikazi benkontileka ye-per-diem ngaphandle kwemvume yenkampani.
โAsikwazi ngisho nokunikeza iziguli inkomishi yekhofi,โ kusho uCheryl Laorenza, umhlengikazi wezifo zengqondo esibhedlela i-Holy Family eMethuen. Abahlengikazi esibhedlela saseNorwood bakhankasela ukuncishiselwa ukudla kukaStewardโbaletha izinkwa phansi base benamathisela isithombe ebhodini lezaziso namagama-ncazo athi โUsitholile Isinkwa?โ
UJane Emery, umhlengikazi we-telemetry esibhedlela iMerrimack Valley, uthe abaphathi behlisa izinga lokushisa ezimbotsheni zokushisisa nge-chemotherapy ukuze bonge ugesi.
Abaphathi ngeke babanikeze ama-alamu anele ukuze baxwayise lapho iziguli zisengozini yokuwa embhedeniโkodwa uma ziwa, umhlengikazi uthola icala lokungaphenduli ngokushesha ngokwanele. โAbantu besaba kakhulu,โ kusho u-Emery.
Iziguli ziphuma esibhedlela ngenxa yezeluleko zezokwelapha, wengeza, ngoba abaphathi bazigcina zilindile ohlakeni amahora amaningi kuze kube yilapho iziguli ezanele ziqoqana ukuvula esinye isitezi.
U-SEIU UHLALA NOMPHATHI
USteward wephula izithembiso zakhe, kusho i-MNA.
Inyunyana ithi esivumelwaneni esikhulu okwaxoxwa ngaso ngesikhathi u-Steward ethenga iCaritas, ayizange igcine ngokuwina uhlelo lwempesheni kodwa yaphinde yathola neziqinisekiso zokulondoloza izinsiza nokuxhaswa ngemali.
Kodwa manje inyunyana ithi u-Steward uyacisha kancane kancane, avale uphiko oluyisipesheli e-St. Elizabeth's Medical Centre e-Brighton, ehlanganisa izinsiza zobuchwepheshe zaselabhu, futhi efuna ukuvunyelwa ngenkani kubasebenzi.
Inyunyana yabasebenzi beService Employees, emele abasebenzi ezibhedlela ze-Steward, ikhombise ukuvuleka kwayo ekuthathweni okuhlongozwayo.
Lapho i-MNA ingavumi, i-SEIU yakhipha amapheshana asendaweni yokusebenzela ephinda izinsolo zomphathi zokuthi ukwenqaba ukusikeka kubeka engcupheni ikusasa lesibhedlelaโokwabacasula abahlengikazi.
โKuwukuqonda kwethu,โ lifundeka leli pheshana le-SEIU, โukuthi uhlelo lwe-MNA lwengeza izindleko ohlelweni uhlelo olungakwazi ukuzikhokhela ngaphandle kokudilizwa okwengeziwe, ukuvalwa kwezinhlelo kanye nokuvalwa okungenzeka kwezibhedlela.โ
I-MNA ifuna ukubamba ulayini. Abahlengikazi babheke ukulungisa amazinga abasebenzi, bavikele izinzuzo, futhi bagcine izibhedlela zomphakathi zivulekile kuze kube yilapho uCerberus eqala ukufuna into enkulu elandelayo ezoyixhaphaza.
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