Sure, but do you think you work very hard lol? The justification for this raise is comical. His first argument tacitly admits the legislature doesn't work "very hard" as he alleges (note the use of "I think"). Two sentences later "[he] think[s]" legislators works hard. He knows he's full of shit and can't even sell his own raise. Also, what does there is no compensation you can give for people to be away from their families mean? $110,00 seemed to do the trick.

“As I've always said, I think legislators work very hard, even some of the Republicans,” said Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie (D-Bronx). “Again, there's no compensation you can give for people to be away from their families. I think legislators work hard.”

I was joking and have great respect and general reference for medical providers. At the end of the day, the best general can't win a war without the individual and collective effort of the soldiers. If you needed to be tubed or have a line inserted in an emergency, you'd want a nurse rather than a doc to do it. The way you write makes clear you're proud to be a doctor (as you should be), but aren't the type to say on a date "I hold peoples' lives in my hands every day" 🤣.

A few points I wanted to make here. I hate unions. I was in the ICU for several days this year. Nurses have the skills of doctors, but the ego is replaced with compassion. Nothing was more comforting than my latin nurse getting me when I came out of a coma and saying hey baby, I'm XYZ, this is what happened. Relax and we'll take great care of you. Doctors dont do that.

No one is making anyone do 2 jobs. Nurses wouldn't just walk out on their patients, however. The insane workload was only possible because the union management was also I n FL or too dumb to capitalize on a once in a lifetime opportunity to fundamentally change change the structure of nurse compensation nationally.

This never should have even been raised by union members to get their paid representation to advocate for them. Unions are huge government supporters but the nurses union was too dumb to lobby for a heroes 500b fund for future raises?

The union should refund all dues collected during COVID because that money wasn't earned. If all NYC nursing unions gave all hospitals a list of demands + 72 hours notice to not harm patients, I could confidently resolve this from bed in under an hour. Regardless of what you believe you deserve, you won't get it unless you ask for it. I'd ask for x% raise effective 1/1/23; annual raise equal to COLA adjustment as determined by SS + x% of annual insurance reimbursement increase + complete health benefit restoration + zero cost dental for everyone because they pissed me off