About a dozen of the 260 nursing assistants who were recently laid off gathered outside of the Westchester County Office Building in White Plains Thursday.
Not only was Arnita Carter laid off from her job of 31 years with less than 10 days notice—she also had to train the new person who took her job. She is now left wondering how she will provide for her family.
“I don’t have a job, I don’t have any benefits,” said Carter, a Mount Vernon resident who was a senior nursing assistant. “I gave half of my life to Westchester Medical Center and I can’t understand what happened to us.”
Carter, along with a dozen or so other former nursing assistants, who were among the estimated 260 laid off by Westchester Medical Center as of July 2, rallied outside the Westchester County Office Building in White Plains Thursday to protest the dismissals.
They say that they were let go so that a private company, Medical Staffing Network (MSN), could hire new nurses aides for half the pay—which the former employees say will result in dangerously low quality care at the medical facility.
According to its website, MSN is based in Florida and offers nurse staffing positions via per diem, local contract or travel assignments. The former nursing assistants say that MSN was hired by the hospital about two months ago.
“We get this letter saying we're not qualified enough [for their current positions], but yet still we had to train those people who they [MSN] sent in, “said White Plains resident Pauline Everett, who worked as a nursing assistant for 24 years. “After we finished training them, [the hospital] gave us a letter firing us.”
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Date: 2012-07-23 07:47 am (UTC)trust the newspapers about facts but don't trust their explanations.
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Date: 2012-07-23 12:33 pm (UTC)Это скорее плохо, потому что вряд ли сделает медицину дешевле, т.е. пациент увидит только ухудшение качества.
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Date: 2012-07-23 10:15 pm (UTC)*
Кроме того, я слышала похожую историю про IBM - человек работал 20 лет ingeneering tech, его уволили, и наняли обратно в то же самое место контрактором, без страховки и других бенефитов.
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И всё это ужасно и одновременно понятно - кризис и всё такое. Но вот говорят у директора Westchester Medical Center зарплата 1.3 миллиона долларов. И она как раз увеличивается, всё время. А санитарки, проработавшие в этом месте 30 лет будут теперь работать за 26 тысяч в год. Не за чертой бедности, но близко к тому.
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Date: 2012-07-24 01:04 pm (UTC)Есть желающие работать за 26 тыс - значит, будет такая зарплата.
Учителей тоже перепроизводство, потому что относительно недавно профессия стала доходной и стабильной, и туда все рванули. Или биологи - знаешь какая зарплата у начинающего профессора? Знаешь. Не говоря уже о постдоках или лаборантах.
Там, где нет перепроизводства, зарплаты получше. Скажем, civil engineering.
А директор частного медцентра - сам себе голова, что хочет, то и делает. Его работа - искать деньги для медцентра, как снаружи (у государства и доноров), так и внутри (снижая зарплаты санитаркам).
Как-то урегулируется со временем. Хотя я согласна, что оказаться под колесом этой машины очень обидно и неприятно.
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Date: 2012-07-23 10:18 pm (UTC)10:46 pm on Thursday, July 5, 2012
"LoHud.com reported in April that the 20 hospital administrators received pay increases to their total compensation for 2010, including one employee whose pay went up 18 percent—while at the same time laying off 130 workers and announcing an $18 million budget cut. Israel, who makes $1.3 million annually, was among those who received a raise". This statement says it all. It amazes me how many bloggers complain about unions and working class citizens yet they turn a blind eye to corporate greed. If I had my way I would terminate Mr. Israel and give the nurses aides a well deserved raise. Nurses and nurses assistants are the front lines of health care. They are needed. Mr Israel and Mr. Burke, the CEO of Con ED, are perfect examples of why strong unions are a necessity. I mean old school unions. Jeff Meyer Tuckahoe, NY
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Date: 2012-07-24 01:08 pm (UTC)По-моему, единственный разумный способ - на благотворительность.
Кстати, на ун-т теперь просит у спонсоров деньги на именные зарплаты профессуре (медицинской в основном), а не на новые здания. Довольно успешно.