The Northern Inyo Healthcare District values and respects all District employees and their right to hold and participate in an informational picket.
The District entered into negotiations with the Registered Nurses and Patient Care and Technical Workers with its value for District employees at the forefront, and complied with its obligation to bargain in good faith, including but not limited to, providing responses to all proposals. The District’s proposals to the employees were guided by the principle of responsible governance and based on its current financial circumstances. The District will continue to engage in this process in good faith.
FROM SIERRA WAVE MEDIA: Sierra Wave Media contacted NIHD to ask why the statement was being submitted and was told a News Release had apparently been issued to some media outlets by AFSCME on October 27, 2022. Our Sierra Wave Media email, [email protected], did not receive the News Release.
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They have been doing this for at least 6 years. They never get better.
What a mess.
NIH your actions speak louder then words which seem pretty empty. This message doesn’t tell employees that they are valued. Employees don’t want cookies and meaningless coins. They want to be paid fairly and valued as employees. They don’t want to train travel nurses who are making double what they make. What message are you sending to those employees who have worked hard and picked up the pieces and made sacrifices to keep the hospital running. Maybe its time for some reflection as to why employees are leaving and your departments are short staffed.
They bought the Joseph house inn for the teaveling doctors to stay while they are here. Seems like a good way to save money would be to dump that place and invest it in your staff
Funny how my comment wasn’t posted and mc is involved in sierra reader and the hospital
Bob, I am not sure where you get your information but I have not been on the hospital board for 3 years and I have no connection to the Sierra Reader or any other media outlet. I am not sure what comment you refer to not being posted but Sierra Wave Media has an uninvolved third party to reveiw, approve, and post comments from readers. If a comment does not get approved and posted it would be because it did not comply with the posted Terms and Condidtions Agreement for Sierra Wave Media which was written by the third party. You can find the link at the bottom of the website home page.
If all comments are reviewed by a third party its funny how mine took almost three days to post and yours showed up instantly.
I was under the impression we got the traveling nurses and doctors here because we have a shortage of local talent. I fully support the staff at NIH over the admin. but also my personal experience with the traveling staff has been very positive. It doesn’t seem that these travelers need any medical training, thats why they are here.
The hospital has had problems with their computer systems and especially their billing, which they chose to farm out years ago. Seems like it would be hard to keep the lights on and people paid if you are not billing in a timely manner, or at all. Of course the lack of or late payments are always blamed on the insurance companies, medicare, etc.
I did see the press release from the Union and they said that the hospital will be paying their interim CEO $7,000/week plus a housing allowance, seem like an awful lot of money to me.
We always hear that around here, that to get quality you have to pay for it, no matter how out of line it is with the local economy. But it seems like the hospital pays, and gets ripped off every time.
And? How about more information regarding the issues involved and comments from both sides. Charles James would have been on top of this story.