Press Release | Workers with Cabell Huntington Hospital Speak Out for Hazard Pay Amid COVID19 Pandemic Surge.
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“The workers with Cabell Huntington Hospital have been giving the response effort everything they have and they deserve to have their voices heard,” continued Gibson.
“We can’t underscore enough both the bravery of these workers and how steadfast they have been in responding to the pandemic on behalf of the people of Huntington. These workers have a Union, which means to have a voice and they will continue to stand together,” Gibson concluded.
While technical and service workers with Cabell Huntington Hospital have been heroic on the frontlines of the COVID19 crisis, they say that despite the hazardous nature of their work responding to the pandemic, they have not received hazard pay.
Technical workers with Cabell Huntington Hospital voted to form a Union in early 2020 before the start of the COVID19 pandemic, while service workers with this hospital have been members of SEIU District 1199 for over 40 years.
In addition to the question of hazard pay, technical workers with Cabell Huntington Hospital also say that despite their good faith efforts, they have not made needed progress while bargaining with the hospital. The workers will next meet with hospital executives in January.
“These workers are asking for hospital executives to consider the difficult and hazardous working conditions of the pandemic,” said Joyce Gibson, Secretary-Treasurer with SEIU District 1199.
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