The signs you are on track…

Assisting nurses in striking back…

Signs were all around us…

Well before the picket began... knew we would be well, taken care of. First off, there was the buckets of hand sanitizer, more on hand than the department of sanitation keeps at its disposal. Proceed to the upside-down water bottles, with connecting tubes, allowing for a constant flow of drips, to prevent dehydration (no need for extra nursing stations, with these traveling IV's). And the finishing touch -- the always present lanyards which, in this special case of first aid training, do double time as a tourniquet. A stab at symbolism as well, given that they were all coming out to stop, the flow, of money going out to those focused on the bottom line, to the neglect of those on the front line, of patient care (I stole this line, from a sign). 

"Count your steps" May as well, to maintain health, vigor, stamina, all of which needed to continue to provide patient care, under these SHORT STAFFING! conditions...the number one concern that is preoccupying all their time and energy. So much so, that many hardly noticed that it's been 47 days already working without a contract. Which, in negotiations with upper management is termed "contract tracing"...

Contact your agent... as in change agents. Which in the case of picket prepping, also called union reps, who are holding up signs to bring their locals together. A resourceful bunch, they are..."We can tell A-fib from a mile away" from the cardiac section..."To clear up the confusion, this place needs a transfusion" from the triage nurse, just inside the ER circle...and the one representing all those who tend to the patients elsewhere, as in bedside...are the ones that allegedly are holding things up (“where’s my nurse, I sent for her a few seconds ago…?!”) as well as those holding up the solid red signs, signifying symptoms of a staph infection. Hopefully, the message is...infectious. Or else, we could all find ourselves in a "DIY" kind of isolation room. 

Blood money, mis-red… took on extra meaning when the long line of red went by my former residence hall, named after the man (namely James Couzens) who provided the seed money to house primarily nurses, given its proximity to the hospital…and all these years I was led to believe that they were the co-eds. Now I have even more reasons to thank them, for sharing their residence...

"Thanks for caring and sharing!" It's my best post-op I can muster, after walking a few miles, in their shoes. 

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  1. DebbieMay 21, 2026 at 6:58 PM

    This is an excellent window into the movement. It’s a shame hard working people have to spend even more time and energy on the picket line when the U should be offering a fair contract in gratitude.

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