What do we want? Fair Wages. When do we want it? Now!

Even striking isn’t done the same here as it is in St. Louis. Obviously there are distance restrictions that dictate how far from an entrance someone can be when protesting or striking. In a city like New York, a far distance from the facility entrance could very possibly be closer to your bedroom window or more specifically, mine.

I’ve never been a union worker, never been on strike – I did however cross a picket line to go to work at a hospital when the nurses were striking (they were OK with it, I assure you). I can’t sympathize with the PM Construction team from Beth Israel Medical Center and after their behavior during the month of August; I can’t empathize with them either. While I have no idea what it’s like to strike, I can appreciate the desire to be paid what the rest of the night construction crews at other hospitals are getting paid. With that being said, is it really necessary for me to wake up 3 times a week to 30 men shouting and blowing whistles for 3 minute intervals? I’d stop and ask you the following questions but I’m afraid with your ear plugs in your ears, you won’t hear me. Perhaps you can scrounge up a pair of those for me after you address my following concerns. Are you fighting me? Do you really think the controller up in the Beth Israel building can hear your shenanigans once he passes you to get into his cushy office? He can’t. I’m willing to guarantee this – I will bet you a years worth of uninterrupted sleep on this. You might wonder how I know this; I know this because I was a witness to 4 of the 7 years of the ongoing Congress Hotel strike. They managed to stay off of my hit list by quietly pacing back and forth in front of the hotel in protest. Even Obama can’t help them, he’s protested twice with him, America, that should have been our first indication he wasn’t the man for the job but that’s a topic for another day. This is about Beth Israel and their PM construction crew.

If you want my advice, perhaps there are other methods you can use to drive home your point. The shiny black coffin strategically placed by your team near the entrance of the hospital has probably proven effective, no?