“As of right now, you’re not authorized to work.' After a day-long strike, unionized nurses attempted to enter Ascension Seton Medical Center this morning to work scheduled shifts and were turned away by security.
Nurses at Austin’s Ascension Seton Medical Center went on strike Tuesday. They say current workloads are causing burnout., unionized nurses attempted to enter Ascension Seton Medical Center on Wednesday morning to work scheduled shifts and were turned away by security.
In the front of the group was Kristine Kittelson, a nurse who works with mothers and babies at the hospital. She pushed back, noting that no one had individually checked their badges to ensure they were the nurses on strike. Ascension released a statement prior to Tuesday’s strike saying they had contracted with a staffing agency to provide temporary nursing staff during the strike. The hospital said it was contractually required to commit to a minimum of four days of work for those temporary staffers.
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