Another fun day on the picket line!

[Laffy Kat]

Seriously, it was fun. Someone brought a speaker and we danced and sang, loads of laughter. We waved and cheered at all of the honks, especially the big rigs. I still can't get over how much support we have in this community.

Tomorrow will be a big day. The union is bussing in members from our smaller satellite clinics to the three larger clinics, so there will be even more picketers.

I guess things aren't going so well inside the clinic. The patients are still being seen, although there are longer wait times for everything, as management and scabs muddle through. One of our informants told us that the wait for MRIs and CT scans is three hours past the appointment time. I hate to see that happen, but it is what it is.

[Bluethroughu]

1. Hopefully the patients start yelling at management to pay the professionals

What they are worth or they will take their insurance somewhere else, where they value professional care.

[Laffy Kat]

2. One of the newspapers here, the Gazette, was interviewing patients...

About their experiences during the strike and all but one person expressed their support for the union. I know for a fact that our member/patients are putting blame on the management because they come out and tell us so.

We go back to work on Saturday without a contract, but negotiations are continuing and we are getting closer and closer. If we go another couple of weeks w/o a contract, there will be another LONGER strike. This is costing the organization so much money. Doesn't make any sense, really.

[Bluethroughu]

4. No cents.

Management would make more money if they paid their workers fair compensation, because moral, low turnover, and journeyman = better productivity.

It's like a Scott Seiss tic tok, "management doesn't know what's going on, haven't you worked anywhere before".

I hope you all win an excellent contract, you all deserve it!

[Laffy Kat]

5. Thank you.

I do believe we'll end up with something we can all live with.

[walkingman]

3. Have fun, stay united, you will be successful and it will be the template

for future negotiations around the nation!!

[Laffy Kat]

6. I think so, too!