[Oshkalaboomboom]

If there is a union and all they are complaining about is unfairness then there has to be language stipulating that they show up or else.

[kcvl]

Geri Lee

Union representatives said about 250 of the hospital's 1,600 nurses did not make their shifts at some point during the storms

759 employees who were scheduled to work did not show up. On a typical weekday, the hospital has between 3,100 and 3,350 employees working. The nurses earn an average of $40 an hour.

[DustyMoment]

Uh-oh. Sounds like another “unexpected jump” in zero’s big jobs numbers stat!!

[HighlyOpinionated]

My parents live in Baltimore in a Retirement Community which uses local teenagers as “servers” in their dining rooms. Some of the teens were unable to get to work, so the retirees filled in. The teens that were already at work when the snowstorm hit, were set up in available rooms with cots and spent the night. The buses didn’t run for three days in Baltimore.

Don’t know how it was in DC other than photos I’ve googled. If a person CALLED and explained that they couldn’t get out of their house/apartment, the most the hospital should do is make the person take a “personal” or “vacation” day for those days.

Otherwise, this is perhaps one of the FEW times a “union” is a good thing. However, if a person was seen elsewhere and claimed she couldn’t get to work that day . . . that’s a different story and does deserve some kind of penalty. But NOT firing, in my highly opinionated opinion.

[maine-iac7]

the gov’t was closed, due to the storm, for 4 days. Can we fire them all? Please?

[A.A. Cunningham]

The Washington Post

[maine-iac7]

With many/most residential roads unplowed and cars buried, and probably little to no public transportation from many areas - and many living miles away from the hospitals - how were they supposed to get there?

Every person didn't have the same travel conditions - even the gov't was closed for 4 days

Betcha there will be some suits - and rightfully so.

[microgood]

The ones they talked about all had +30 years at that hospital. I think they may be using the storm as an excuse to get out of having to pay retirement and health benefits for these employees.

[ArrogantBustard]

I saw several notices on the TV soliciting folks with 4WD vehicles to drive physicians/nurses/etc to hospitals. FWIW.

[SoftballMominVA]

Washington Hospital was one of the hospitals arranging hotels for doctors and nurses and arranging for their transportation, via 4-wheel drive vehicles, to get back on forth. Not to mention, those roads (from the hotel to the hospital) were high priority and kept clear.

My brother in law made quite a bit of money being one of those shuttling back and forth.

Where did the money come from? Not really sure, but in the end, he was one of the ones that kept the hospital open for emergencies.