Meeting with Management Revisited

Union officials met with Management on Thursday August 21,2008 with some results to show. Both sides will do some research and get back to each other by September 5.
There was no results on the staffing grid issue from T1.
Safety was a Key issue discussed and as Tom Manning pointed out we spent the least amount of time on this issue! Most workers feel that management has not sought out line staff to ask their opinion about any of the knee jerk reactions that have been implemented in the last month or any input at all. Although typical of management we had thought they would realize the huge amount of expertise that staff possess and what an important resource they are.
There appears to be a feeling of disrespect the retreat has towards the union and as a result management has not followed the contract and also has not notified the Union about changes they have made. This disrespect has to come to and end! There is a membership meeting scheduled for September 2, 2008 at 2 and 4 pm. We need you input at this meeting please make a note of the date and time. Look to the Union bulletin boards at the Retreat for more infomation.

Membership Meeting

We will have a membership meeting on September 2, 2008 at 2 and 4 pm in the West Conference Room.
We met with management and we would like input from members so we can go back with ideas to improve not only patient safety but Staff safety as well. I believe it is time that we all think outside the box for answers, we need well thought out strategies and not knee jerk reactions. Please come to the meeting and share your thoughts on how to improve safety.
Feel free to post and thoughts you might have on the subject all comments are welcome!

Acuity on the rise

It seems that the Acuity of the units has gone up in the past few weeks and units are beginning to feel uneasy. Staff have been assaulted by patients and sent to the hospital with a number of injuries. Patients are feeling unsafe and staff feel unsafe at times and also feel unable to deal with the increase in raging, acting out patients lately. More codes are being called and the code themselves are more intense. STRESS levels are at an all time high.
Be careful out there and keep an eye out for your co-workers. We are in this together so lets work together. Remember to report all unsafe conditions!