Comments on: Hospital Staff Sacrifices To Save Jobs

When Layoffs Seemed Inevitable, Staff Banded Together To Cut Costs And Save Positions

[u-r-right]

Encouraging story. This should be done everywhere.
Posted by u-r-right at 4:53 PM : May 28, 2009

Sounds good. Of course to prevent more jobs from being outsourced to other countries, Americans would have lower their income to $10 day, which is about what they make overseas. Anybody up for it?
Posted by incog-nito at 7:26 PM : May 28, 2009

So true. We need to go further than this and find ways to stop corporate and government leaders from sending us to hell in a handbasket with outsourcing and this globalization nonsense. Unless they are willing to instantly lower prices of everything else to match a $10 per hour salary so we can compete fairly with the rest of the world.

[ramos1129]

I own a small business with 38 employees and soon to add more. Everytime I have had a major problem, I have discussed it with my employees and somehow we come up with the best way to proceed. Levy is doing this as any good manager should. Kudos to him.

[brundage3]

NO It should NOT "be done everywhere."

Of course these workers should be commended for saving the jobs of those who needed them most. Bur this must not end here.

The high pay scale administrators gave bigger dollar amounts which they could do since they are the pwer in the "company" which is the hopital.

Others gave up pieces of their future (401K plans.) Delayed raises they had earned.

And the grateful little folks at the bottom of the line at will keep working at their minimumwage AND DONG MORE WORK to make up for the 70 jobs given up by the poor folks who are to be fired despite these efforts.

"Workers of the world unite!"

That was a slogan worth remembering. If we do n ot want socialism or communism to take hold here, we had better wake up to the usury of the Corporate "devils" who drive limos to Congress and brag that at least they did not fly in luxury company jets!

[incog-nito]

This is all very touching, but Americans would be better served by taking a look at how their collective real income actually decreased over the past few decades, while their cost of living, especially health care and education, continues to skyrocket. The jobs will continue to migrate overseas whether the economy recovers or not. Case in point: GM plans to import the cars they make in China and sell them here. No big deal, you say. Well, what that will do is force other "domestic" manufacturers to do the same in order to compete, leading to more job loss. It's a race to the bottom, and you will get to read a lot more touching stories like this one.

[valh1]

so everyone is playing nice...... for now.

[sjc_1]

We are in this together, it is not an I got mine, the heck with you.

[breadline1]

SO THOSE WHO COULD AFFORD TO GIVE DID, SO THOSE WHO COULDN'T COULD SURVIVE. IN AMERICAN BUSINESS, THAT HAS TO BE AN ALL TIME FIRST !

[incog-nito]

Encouraging story. This should be done everywhere.
Posted by u-r-right at 4:53 PM : May 28, 2009

Sounds good. Of course to prevent more jobs from being outsourced to other countries, Americans would have lower their income to $10 day, which is about what they make overseas. Anybody up for it?

[payasyougo]

Hospital Staff Sacrifices To Save Jobs
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Yet government continues to grow....

[txlakeside]

Amazing and heartwarming story of compassion, support and true brotherly love. I hope the intolerant, the bigots, the racist, the homophobic and those lieing about modern day GOV see what man can do when he actually cares about his fellow man! No lies about imaginary foes or moral judgements. Compassion and caring is not socialistic but rather the true meaning of being realistic and feeling the pain of others. This is not trickle down economics. It is paying it forward economics realizing the return on the investment is much more productive.