Harrison/St Michael Agrees to Meet with UFCW 21 Leadership
/UFCW 21 sent a letter to management detailing our demands during this outbreak, and have received a response from management that they would like to meet with UFCW 21 leadership as soon as this week. We will update everyone with whatever we learn.
We also wanted to report back some of the results of safety surveys many Harrison/St. Michael workers took last week. The surveys showed:
78% of survey takers have had an issue with damaged, untested, or inadequate supply of PPE
60% believe they had an exposure to a COVID-positive patient or coworker since Aug 4
50% of quarantined respondents were put on paid admin leave while quarantined
18% were quarantined while waiting for test results
43% learned of the outbreak from a coworker
30% learned of the outbreak from news media
21% learned of it from hospital management
In many departments, large amounts of new PPE showed up almost overnight last week, and while we are frustrated that it took this much hard work from union hospital staff to get protective equipment on the floor, we’re glad it has now been made available. If you continue to have issues with unsafe PPE, you can always send us a safety report at safetyreport@ufcw21.org.
