I am an agency nurse that really only works at one local hospital. I love this hospital and the staff and really fit in well!
Well...a few of the nurses told me yesterday that they 'MAY' strike come Monday r/t labor dispute and new contracts. I got sick to my stomach right away! Oh no! I want to support them so much, and I believe in why they are striking...but I am agency, need the money badly, and well...hello...I am the scab because I am agency!
So I get a call this AM...yep, must be true since my agency offered me shifts all week and the next, so many that I had my choice of excellent shift bids! Oh crud, I would rather picket with them and support these wonderful nurses...but, uhhhhhhgggggg!!!!!!!
So I talked to my hubby, who is paramedic, and their staff is thinking of going union right now. I asked what I should do and he is in the same boat as me...we just bought a new house, and without my income we can't pay the house payment let alone any other bills! We both sighed and complained for a long time about these issues. But the bottom line...I have to go to work and cross the line...as sad as this is!
I am not working Monday...and feel that I still want to support them in the informational picket planned. Should I still go and help them even though I have to cross the line the next day??? I feel that is a catch 22 in a way...support one day, then scab the next???
