WE FIRST MET AT A CHURCH ABOUT A BLOCK FROM THE CAPITAL, WHERE WE LISTENED TO SPEAKERS INCLUDING BOB CASEY JR, AND HAD LUNCH. WE THEN MARCHED FROM THE CHURCH TO THE CAPITAL CHANTING HEY! HEY! HO! HO! MANDATORY OVERTIME HAS GOT TO GO! WE ECHOED THROUGHOUT THE CAPITAL WITH OUR CHANTING.
Terri Yothers (Left)
Kim Long (Right)
WE LISTENED TO MORE SPEAKERS SUPPORTING THIS MUCH NEEDED BILL; PA REPRESENTATIVE. MIKE VEON AND CEO FRED HYDE OF ALIQUIPPA HOSPITAL WERE AMONG THE SPEAKERS WE HEARD THAT DAY. AS MOST OF YOU KNOW MIKE VEON IS A STRONG SUPPORTER OF NURSES, HE HAS SUPPORTED US THROUGH OUT OUR CAMPAIGN TO UNIONIZE.
MR. HYDE STATED DURING HIS TALK THAT " INDENTURED SERVITUDE HAS BEEN OUTLAWED IN THE U.S.A." TRUCK DRIVERS, PILOTS AND FLIGHT ATTENDANTS HAVE LAWS TO REGULATE THE AMOUNT OF HOURS THEY ARE PERMITTED TO WORK, WHY NOT NURSES? WE AS NURSES NEED TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT CAN AFFECT HUMAN LIFE, FOR THIS WE DO NOT NEED TO BE OVERTIRED FROM WORKING 16 HRS, OR SHORT SHIFTING TO COVER FOR INADEQUATE STAFFING AND SCHEDULING.
Linda Knott (Left) Theresa Begley (Right)
WE ALSO KNOW THAT THERE IS A SHORTAGE, BUT WHO BETTER TO HELP COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS THAN NURSES. I HOPE WE CAN COUNT ON EVERYONE'S SUPPORT FOR THIS BILL, BY CONTACTING YOUR STATE REPRESENTATIVE AND SENATORS.
KIM LONG RN THE MEDICAL CENTER
