Healthcare workers across the U.S. are striking to protest unsafe patient care and inadequate responses from management. Nurses at Ascension Saint Agnes Hospital in Baltimore are striking for the first time over staffing levels and patient safety. They demand better management decisions affecting care quality. In Northeast Minnesota and Wisconsin, clinical workers at Essentia Health ended a 13-day strike seeking fair contract negotiations and improved working conditions. They emphasize the need for consistent patient safety standards across outpatient facilities and hospitals.
We are striking because patients cannot get the best care due to hospital management's staffing decisions that have led to a staffing crisis, said Melissa LaRue, a nurse in Ascension Saint Agnes' intensive care unit. During contract negotiations, we have put forward many proposals to address our concerns about patient safety and safe staffing. We want Ascension to come to the bargaining table so we can reach an agreement that puts patients first.
For too long, outpatient care has been treated like an afterthought, said Dana Bukovich, a nurse at Essentia's Superior Clinic. We've made it clear that patients in clinics deserve the same safe standards as patients in hospitals - and we won't stop until they get them.
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