Wahala don show for California and Hawaii as over 30,000 nurses don waka strike since Monday. Dem dey demand better pay and more staff to fit handle all di patients wey full ground.
Na United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals dey lead dis strike, dem dey push for 25% increase for four years, but di big wahala be say Kaiser Permanente don stop negotiation since December. E be like dem dey play hard to get.
Meanwhile, for New York City, 16,000 nurses don dey show say dem no go agree o. Dem don dey strike for three weeks, and e get small gree gree as Mount Sinai and NewYork-Presbyterian hospitals agree to keep di health benefits for nurses. Wetin dey happen?
Nurses say dem dey fight for better working condition, because e no easy to dey work like dem na supermen. E dey plenty wahala for hospital, e get as COVID-19 don scatter things. Jessica Servin wey be nurse anesthetist talk say patients dey face long waitlist for appointment and surgery. Why dem go put money for profit before patient care? Dis one pain am.
Kaiser dey argue say dem no dey reduce care quality, but dem dey show concern about rising health care cost wey fit affect how people dey get access to care. Wetin you think? Dem say they no fit just dey squeeze money for salary when dem get 12 million people for di ground wey dey depend on dem.
As dem dey carry wahala enter streets, dem dey talk say make Kaiser invest pass di plenty money wey dem dey get for di pockets of high-ranking executives. Dem dey say na dem dey chop money while nurses dey collect peanuts. E no fair at all!
For hospitals dem dey hold ground, but people go need to check before dem go for appointments, if wahala don affect dem. E dey sweet to see nurses pushing for better working conditions, but who go pay di price? Na di patients wey dey suffer for all dis gra-gra. E be like say na two people dey hold different agendas – patients need care, nurses need better pay!
Dis strike don open our eye to di reality wey plenty workers dey face. People wey no fit collect salary wey fit match wetin dem dey contribute to health care system. Na time to start to dey appreciate nurses for di sacrifices dem dey make, no be to dey give dem wahala.
Dis strike fit last for weeks, so make we dey look sharp! If nurses no fit get wetin dem deserve, who go dey fight for us when sickness come? Wen dem talk say healthcare no dey sell, na dis kind fight dem mean, but wellness for everyone matter. Make dem hear us, make we love dem back!
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