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Amber Anderson, A-M-B-E
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We're on strike.
Yeah, I'm one of the nurses
with SEIU.
Anywhere on strike for Marriott
Hospital, you guys have some
sort of demand for the contract that
you're talking about, and this is
what it cost us today.
Yeah, so we've been in negotiations
for I think over four months now,
over 20 bargaining sessions.
We are wanting to get
safer staffing levels, better
security measures,
and equitable pay and PTO.
Is there anything else we should
know about the issue,
or have you guys had a couple of
murders in the past?
One thing I would say is this has
kind of been building up to this
point, I would say.
Meritor, we have avoided this
situation in years past, but it's
become it's come to one of the
points that this is where we had
to go.
Have you been around for any other
picket or strike?
I was on the bargaining team,
our previous contract, I think it
was 2023,
and we went to strike authorization,
so we got that vote, but we didn't
have to proceed further than that.
Do you feel like this is a broader
issue of health care in this moment,
or is it time-specific,
or is nursing always under
pressure from management?
I would say this is a systemic issue
that has happened for many years.
This is just a very special moment
in time where we're taking this
opportunity.
There's a lot of people rallying
around healthcare workers,
especially after COVID.
And we are finally
standing up for ourselves and
fighting for what we need and
deserve.
We're not going to take
it, we're not
gonna take it.
Yeah, this is the very first strike
at Meritor, and I believe
with SEIU in Wisconsin.
No, I'm glad you know, I don't.
Well, I think I'll talk to you as
soon as I get back.
OK.
Woo!
That's cool, ain't it?