In the past year, the United States witnessed many strikes organized by workers to protest the exhausting working conditions during the Covid-19 pandemic and the difficulties they face as a result of high prices..
The strike is scheduled to last three days, that is, until Thursday, according to a spokesman for the Minnesota Nurses Union, which is coordinating the movement..
Employees who were distributed since the early morning in groups in front of 16 hospitals concerned with the strike, raised banners bearing their demands, and one of them read, “Patients before profits,” according to pictures published by the union on the Internet..
Hospitals decided to continue providing health care even though the strike could cause disruption in the provision of medical services..
The North Memorial Health Hospital in Robbinsdale, Minnesota, announced that it “may see some adjustments in the provision of non-emergency care and services to ensure that sufficient staff are available during the strike period.”“.
But she stressed that she will continue to provide her “full services”, especially for hospital patients, outpatients and emergency services, and confirmed that she will meet all pre-scheduled medical appointments..
The two sides have been engaged for more than five months in negotiations that have not yet yielded any agreement.
In a statement, the Minnesota Nurses Union said, “Currently, nurses in Minnesota are overburdened, hospitals suffer from a shortage of many staff, and patients are carrying additional financial burdens.“.
The union indicated that it seeks to find solutions to the problem of the shortage of staff and safety problems at work, while hospitals want to limit the focus to salaries..
A body representing hospitals says it has proposed a salary increase of 10-12% over three years.
Nurses are asking for increases of between 27 and 30 percent.
The hospitals stress that “Health care is constantly changing and all health care workers must adapt to the way we serve people.“.
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