How not to deal with striking nurses

[malaise]

http://www.alternet.org/workplace/67740/
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The nurses began striking on October 1, since then ARH has heightened its intimidation of the striking workers with hired security guards on the picket lines who routinely harass the nurses. The company also has resorted to surveillance cameras taking shots of who walks the picket and when. And now, though it is not clarified yet that its their doing, the company appears to have orchestrated the burning of a car that belonged to one of the union staff who was on hand to assist the nurses.

According to a statement released by the union, a UAN representative left the picket line at the Beckley, WV ARK facility Sunday night. He drove a short distance before realizing he had a flat. He returned to the picket line for assistance, and when he and others returned to his car, they found it had been lit on fire with brush doused in flammable liquid.

Now get this: The workers attempted to report this incident to the police and were told that the department was closed for the Veterans Day holiday and the detectives were not available.

"We are stunned. Violent, threatening actions like this are beyond the pale,"said Ocie Helton, RN, who is the local president of the West Virginia Nurses Association union at Beckley-ARH.

[ileus]

1. I'm surprised Joe hasn't made a photo op of this yet.

[flashl]

2. The past, present, and future of what happens to workers who unite for their rights. n/t