Swedish Medical Center workers end 3-day strike; some workers turned away while temporary replacemen

[icymist]

Hundreds of nurses and caregivers of Swedish Medical Center walked as a group into the hospital’s First Hill campus at 7:30 a.m. Friday, marking the end of a three-day strike that included 7,800 staffers.

Some had planned to return to their jobs at 7:30 but were turned away and told they’d been “temporarily replaced,” meaning a temporary worker had their shift for the day. Many had already received text messages and phone calls saying they weren’t needed Friday, but said they still wanted to try to come for their regularly scheduled shifts.

Outside the hospital, the group held a rally and then walked together toward the hospital’s main doors, led by Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan, King County Executive Dow Constantine and Sister Helen Brennan of the Sisters of Providence. Smaller groups then tried to get into the hospital through other entrances. Outside a staff entry point, workers were being stopped by security and then let in five at a time to check in with hospital employees. If their name wasn’t on the list, they were turned back.

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/swedish-medical-center-workers-set-to-end-3-day-strike-friday-morning/

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Sounds like retaliation for striking to me.

[ismnotwasm]

1. It is

One traveler was fired for even talking to a striker. I work with a nurse who’s wife works at Swedish. Management there is just the worst.