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I don't judge people walking out. I'm pushing back on people who judge people for not walking out, like 'they had it coming, why didn't they just walk out?' My

I don't judge people walking out. I'm pushing back on people who judge people for not walking out, like 'they had it coming, why didn't they just walk out?' My GF is in this position right now, where walking out would mean switching industries in a pandemic, because other facilities aren't any better off. She's burnt out as hell, and puts up with an enormous amount of shit to make patients lives better, so I'm sensitive to anything that sounds like "well they had it coming for not walking out." > It’s society’s moral failing to not properly allocate resources to them. God damned right.

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Unfortunately, this is a "you get what you negotiate" world. So unless the nurses strike when they have the leverage, I don't see the situation improving for them. For example: https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/workers-go-on-strike-at-11-nursing-homes-in-illinois-demanding-higher-wages-and-covid/article_d2be3674-5cff-5053-b922-8a02e052f9fc.html https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/workers-go... >The members of SEIU Healthcare Illinois and Indiana said they were seeking pay of $15.50 an hour for CNAs, and about $15 an hour for housekeepers and other workers, and hazard pay as essential workers during the pandemic. Who can raise a family on less than $15 per hour? And we want to pay people that for dealing with people's bodily excretions? Not to mention the less than cooperative mental state sick and old people may be in due to their pain?