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SUGGESTING THAT YOU GIVE
BLOOD AT A LOCAL HOSPITAL OR
BLOOD BANK.
>> BACK HERE IN THE BAY
AREA
>> OF 48 HOURS STRIKE AND
YOU CAN SEE HUNDREDS OF
WORKERS OUT HERE FROM TWO
DIFFERENT UNIONS. ONE IS ON
THE STRIKE AND THE OTHER IS
ON A SYMPATHY STRIKE. THEY
ARE LOUD AND OUT IN FORCE
HERE THIS MORNING AT USE C F
HOSPITAL. THERE ARE 13,000
AND EMPLOYEES FROM FIVE
DIFFERENT UC CAMPUSES AROUND
THE STATE. THERE ARE ABOUT
3400 AT ACTING EMPLOYEES
HERE. THIS IS THE UNION THAT
IS OUT ON STRIKE, CONTRACT
NEGOTIATIONS HAVE BEEN GOING
ON FOR SOME TIME NOW AND
THEY HAVE COME TO AN AND
PASS. THEY'RE HOLDING A TWO
DAY STRIKE. THEY'RE ALSO
SAYING THAT PART OF THE
STRIKE HAVE TO DEAL WITH
PENSION PLANS AND PATIENT
CARE. BEIJING GEAR IS A
BIGGER ISSUE THIS MORNING.
ABOUT 3400 EMPLOYEES ARE
COVERED BY THIS WALK OUT. WE
HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO USE
THE F S MEDICAL CENTER AND
THEY TALK ABOUT WHAT IT
MEANS FOR THE HOSPITAL.
>> WE HAVE HAD CANCELED
SURGERY, CANCELLED CHEMO
CASES PEOPLE NOT ABLE TO GET
THEIR RADIATION TREATMENTS.
WE'RE TRYING TO WORK THROUGH
ALL OF THAT AND GET PATIENTS
RESCHEDULED BACK TO WORK ON
THURSDAY AND BACK TO GETTING
CARE. IN THE MEANTIME, WE
ARE STAFFING AND GOING
THROUGH OUT MAKING SHORT
THAT WE CAN GET THE NEXT 48
HOURS.
>> AND ALL THIS BIG
CANCELLED ABOUT 150
SURGERIES'. ON BOTH SIDES OF
THE STREET THIS MORNING, OUT
OF THAT 200 TO 300 PEOPLE
OUT HERE RIGHT NOW. AS FAR
AS A SET OF THE STRIKE, THAT
IS THE SERVICE WORKERS. THEY
HAVE SIGNS THAT SAY SYMPATHY
STRIKE. THEY WILL ALSO BE