As a union nurse (1199) I can assure you all that the travelers making lots of money is NOT the problem, and is only happening rn because for the first time in decades, it is an area where workers are so desperately needed, yet so scarce, that they can basically name their rate and have it honored. This is scaring the shit out of the people at the top, and they want to nip it in the bud before other peasants start to catch on
Edit: Here's a direct link for ppl who don't want to go to R*DIT
https://welch.house.gov/sites/welch.house.gov/files/WH%20Nurse%20Staffing.pdf
If you have a SLAY KWEEN (D) rep or a Marjorie Taylor Green adjacent chud rep(R), they are both likely on this
I feel like the National Guard might unironicly be deployed to help cover hospitals.
They already have been in NY, multiple times during COVID
https://www.army.mil/article/253011/ny_national_guard_troops_providing_relief_to_upstate_nursing_home
Usually it starts with us getting equipment from them, and eventually they come in and start taking over grunt work on the COVID units.
Fucking hell. I heard jokes about conscripting everyone into the national guard and then using them to permanently cover "essential services" but it seems like attempting something like this is a genuine possibility. :agony-shivering:
The thing about the national guard though, most of them have jobs during the week. Soooooo that probably won't work. Even making them go into hospitals has gotten a lot of them fired and is causing huge discontent among the units around here
lmao they just get conscripted during the week and then fired???
LOL
What an incompetent shithole HAHA
I think mayor Pete is too naive on most things, but his national service idea would help make this a reality :)
Yeah that'd definitely be the means of doing such a thing