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
Their specific comments. They reviewed the findings that we have and we had a series of conversations about the specific legislation and discussing things that could be made from zoning and land use perspectives and then some of the things that would require further investment and discussion with other city agencies. Thank you,. Sure. The specific changes are, expanding the boundary in which impacting money can be spent to provide funding for projects in the adjacent neighborhoods. Broadening the membership relative to the first, that is the existing boundary of one mile . Currently, the funds, the infrastructure funds can be spent in the planning area or within 250 feet . Ok. Broadening the membership of the market activity cac, allowing a land dedication option for Affordable Housing requirements in the adjacent neighborhoods and new requirement to support Community Serving use thats the groundfloor. Expanding the unit mixed requirement and new general plan policy to apply a racial a
Todays demonstration in oakland earlier this evening, this event was peaceful you can see the hundreds of people walking through the streets there in oakland, the wall of moms the group was inspired by the mothers who are protecting the protesters in Portland Oregon, many of them have been arrested by federal agents and is. Protesters see that as working against the whole effort for Police Reform President Trump calling for those arrests by federal agents and also saying that those ages may be sent into other cities, including oakland. So this protest by the wall of moms was earlier today again it was peaceful, they were protesting mills federal agents the violence reportedly happened later tonight in oakland, this is video from los angeles in this particular scene that youre looking at we understand that. An officer said something to a woman who is holding up her phone before appearing to push or and then a man ran toward the officer and knocks the officer to the ground another lapd o