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
YUP, my hospital at the height of the first wave of deaths FIRED most of the janitorial staff and then tried to get volunteers to scrub down rooms. Of course people realized this was bullshit so we just had dirty rooms for quite some time. Mind you, record breaking profits every quarter. Never start out at a non union hospital if at all possible
Also if the state volunteers got sick and ended up hospitalized they were on the hook for their own care/funeral bills