To: Kaiser Permanente Northwest Region
As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads in Oregon and across the United States, nurses and health care workers are stepping up to serve our communities during a public health emergency unlike any we’ve seen in our lifetimes.
We need our employer to step up for us. Health care workers must have the resources to ensure our health and our families are protected as we fight this pandemic. The concern for our well being and our families’ well being is amplified by the fact that we have been instructed to use the same simple mask for our 12 hour shift and are cleaning and reusing disposable gowns, most likely contaminating ourselves in the donning and doffing process. We are using the same PPE we are instructed to use, between patients.
Health care workers and community members across Oregon stand together to demand that Kaiser Permanente meet with us to discuss and commit to:
Helping us meet new challenges with a temporary pay increase of $20/hr in recognition of our work and the increased risk to ourselves and our families during this pandemic. This is comparable to the amount hospitals nationwide are committing to.
Additional sick leave cover newly hired employees on day one and is retroactive to all.
Provide prompt notice from employer of known exposure, assessment of exposure risk, access to testing, and whether a worker is placed on paid leave.
All grey zone and red zone areas should be provided a new N95 and access to a sufficient amount of PAPR equipment. Caring for these COVID positive patients requires us to be properly prepared to access their needs quickly while protecting ourselves.
Please include name, KP location, unit, role...
We, the undersigned, collectively are making the above demands:
Updates
April 18, 2020
The responses I am getting from people on the front lines are heavy and frankly exhausting to read. I am spending my nights trying to figure out how to force someone at the top to actually listen to what you are enduring.
32 Comments
The lack of ppe is scary enough. We shouldnt have to worry about our paychecks on top of keeping the lights on at home.
12 hour shifts in one mask is insanity. Do better kaiser.
Westside Medical Center RN
Kaiser Sunnyside ICU RN
We are deserving of hazard pay. We never know what we are walking into or if a patient has the illness.
KSMC 2 south RN
KSMC ED
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To: Kaiser Permanente Northwest Region
As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads in Oregon and across the United States, nurses and health care workers are stepping up to serve our communities during a public health emergency unlike any we’ve seen in our lifetimes.
We need our employer to step up for us. Health care workers must have the resources to ensure our health and our families are protected as we fight this pandemic. The concern for our well being and our families’ well being is amplified by the fact that we have been instructed to use the same simple mask for our 12 hour shift and are cleaning and reusing disposable gowns, most likely contaminating ourselves in the donning and doffing process. We are using the same PPE we are instructed to use, between patients.
Health care workers and community members across Oregon stand together to demand that Kaiser Permanente meet with us to discuss and commit to:
Helping us meet new challenges with a temporary pay increase of $20/hr in recognition of our work and the increased risk to ourselves and our families during this pandemic. This is comparable to the amount hospitals nationwide are committing to.
Additional sick leave cover newly hired employees on day one and is retroactive to all.
Provide prompt notice from employer of known exposure, assessment of exposure risk, access to testing, and whether a worker is placed on paid leave.
All grey zone and red zone areas should be provided a new N95 and access to a sufficient amount of PAPR equipment. Caring for these COVID positive patients requires us to be properly prepared to access their needs quickly while protecting ourselves.
Please include name, KP location, unit, role...
We, the undersigned, collectively are making the above demands:
Updates
April 18, 2020
The responses I am getting from people on the front lines are heavy and frankly exhausting to read. I am spending my nights trying to figure out how to force someone at the top to actually listen to what you are enduring.
32 Comments
Risking my life to keep everyone else safe. Pay us what we are worth.
The lack of ppe is scary enough. We shouldnt have to worry about our paychecks on top of keeping the lights on at home.
12 hour shifts in one mask is insanity. Do better kaiser.
Westside Medical Center RN
Kaiser Sunnyside ICU RN
We are deserving of hazard pay. We never know what we are walking into or if a patient has the illness.
KSMC 2 south RN
KSMC ED
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Risking my life to keep everyone else safe. Pay us what we are worth.