Hospital workers pushed back the strike. Well when the pandemic first hit but say they could not wait any longer as they work on the front lines in what they say is unsafe conditions. The hospital says they are disappointed their staff is on strike during a pandemic these are Health Care Workers of all kinds medical technicians and see all just nursing assistants respiratory therapist and people working alongside nurses and doctors to care for coronavirus patients. Joining us right now is a tell me your name and what you do again. Taylor davis an and i work in Emergency Rooms registration. You guys work with the union your steward tell me the biggest fight that youre looking to change in that contract. Well i think our biggest fight first and foremost as always our protection so that we can take care of people in the safest and most effective way possible and the hospitals failed us. And second thing is our Health Benefits they want to raise our Health Benefits, 25 every single year. H
Kron 4 Sarah Stinson live at the long haul at the hospital now she explains why they walked out sarah. Martin thats right. Im live here at the santa rosa Memorial Hospital or caregivers are out here on strike trying to be as safe as possible, but also fighting for change. In the contract that theyve been negotiating with the hospital for over a year now take a look at this you can see there on that side of the street a little more distance and they go all the way down the street along the hospital the Health Care Workers here are people of all kinds imaging technicians. And susie all just people working alongside nurses and doctors to care for people during a pandemic they have been in contract, they said for every year but have not come to a conclusion to sign that contract. Hospital workers say even though coronavirus numbers have been surging in Sonoma County the last 2 weeks they still dont have enough ppe theyre not being given to these types of Health Care Workers, youre looking
Disappointed their staff is on strike during a pandemic. These are Health Care Workers of all kinds medical technicians and susie all just theyre seeing assistance respiratory therapist even people who disinfect the rooms used by coronavirus patients all working alongside nurses and doctors, they have been in contact on in those negotiations as they said for months over a year now hospital workers say even though coronavirus numbers have been surging across the county the last 2 weeks they still dont agree with the ppe how its been dispensed and their First Response from the hospital when the pandemic lets hear from one of the guys whos out here on the picket lines. He is he works as one of the nccl adjusts lets hear from him. And this was not an easy decision for us to come to in the pandemic we did delay when it first started and you know their response here i personally have was not given an n 95 masks in the war. They only gave him to the Doctors First starting out even know us tax
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And a very good tuesday morning. Thanks so much for joining us. Im laura garcia. And im Marcus Washington. Mike is keeping his eye on that commute for us this tuesday morning. We want to start out with meteorologist kari hall with a look at that forecast for today. Kari, walking outside this morning, i was like, ooh, it is cooler out here. I like this. Okay, were making some progress here. Were going to see a very nice day. Our temperature trend today will be very much like yesterday. Were starting out cool and well see it going up into the mid70s by noon. It will feel very nice. Our high temperatures expect to reach into the mid80s today. Once again matching yesterdays temperatures. Even a slight cooldown for parts of the inland east bay. Were still hot further to the north with clear lake and ukiah in the upper 90s. San francisco will be in the upper 60s. Well talk about all of those micro climates and whats ahead for the rest of the week coming up. How is it looking for the Early Mo