Lapeer

In Michigan, I grew up in a small town, named Lapeer. The hospital there, (controlled by a regional conglomerate) recently decided to stop paying certain Nursing pay differentials. The nurses and the union fought back and won, earning a judgement for back wages. I read about this in the National Nursing press, and wrote the following:

Lapeer

Lapeer RN's

In the town where I was raised,

Hard working patient advocates

Deserve to be praised,

For standing up to management

And their dictator boss,

Now the hospital must pay

Back wages, their loss.

The boss and his board

With their dubious credentials,

Withheld Nurse compensation

Extra paid-differentials,

Without consulting the law

Or communicating their intent,

Now McLaren must pay

Under a shadow of malcontent.

The public and the media

Understand this dirty dealing,

All those hospital billboards

Are no longer so appealing,

And here I sit in California

Reading about my hometown nurses,

In solidarity, we must stand

While clutching our purses.

Fibril_late;

7/15/13