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Labor Strike
The strike is
still on. Both my preceptor and advisor met with the San
Francisco Chief of Police, Heather Fong, just this morning to
ask her for more support from the police department (not
enforcing the noise ordinances, etc.) I prepared a "Strike
Incident" report binder/scrapbook for their meeting. It was a
compilation of pictures, patient letters, neighbor and employee
reports of how this strike is disruptive to the hospital, and
gave evidence of how the picketers are being unlawful:
vandalism, harassment, trespassing, etc. It was 2" thick. We
were just asking for more cooperation from the police and more
consistency among the campuses in enforcing the law. We'll see
if it works.
Other
strike-related activities with which I have been involved:
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Rounding on
three of the skilled nursing facility floors during the
strike (asking them what's going well, do they have the
supplies they need, is there anything out of the ordinary
that they want to report, etc.);
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Being the
“Soup Lady” at two of the three campuses, on different
days. I served lentil soup and chili con carne to
employees, families, and visitors because the food service
workers (along with the janitors and the nurses aides) were
honoring the picket line, and they needed people for food
service duty;
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Attending the
San Francisco Board of Supervisors Government Audit and
Oversight Committee meeting at City Hall, Legislative
Chambers. The lesson learned from this experience is to
never “engage,” meaning no matter how much people try to
bully you and incite you to become angry, you have to remain
calm, keep your cool, and just deliver the facts.
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Manning the
strike command center (where I triage phone calls, incident
reports, and update the strike log by recording pertinent
events as they occur). As well, I helped ensure the
replacement worker shift change happened smoothly and
securely.
I’m serving
soup at the Davies Campus! (Look closely…I’m wearing a
hairnet!)
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