elucidator
03-12-2009, 07:58 PM
Here's the story.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/03/12/a_head_with_a_heart/?s_campaign=yahoo
So there's this guy, Paul Levy, runs a hospital, Beth Israel. In the bind, he was facing laying off people. Of course, being a hospital, you can't really lay off House. Or nurses, or anaesthisia....anesctheisia....gas passers. You are stuck with "staff" positions, the lesser breed. Expendables.
And he didn't want to, so he asked everybody else....people who just about can't be fired....to make sacrifices.
...."I want to run an idea by you that I think is important, and I'd like to get your reaction to it," Levy began. "I'd like to do what we can to protect the lower-wage earners - the transporters, the housekeepers, the food service people. A lot of these people work really hard, and I don't want to put an additional burden on them.
"Now, if we protect these workers, it means the rest of us will have to make a bigger sacrifice," he continued. "It means that others will have to give up more of their salary or benefits."
He had barely gotten the words out of his mouth when Sherman Auditorium erupted in applause. Thunderous, heartfelt, sustained applause.....
He's got people volunteering pay cuts for themselves, give up vacation pay, raises, bonuses. To help out the vulnerable amongst them, to stand with them.
Behold the power of common decency, and gape in awe. Ring a bell, raise a beer, give a yell, wipe a tear. Chicka-boom, chicka-boom, don'tcha just love it?
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/03/12/a_head_with_a_heart/?s_campaign=yahoo
So there's this guy, Paul Levy, runs a hospital, Beth Israel. In the bind, he was facing laying off people. Of course, being a hospital, you can't really lay off House. Or nurses, or anaesthisia....anesctheisia....gas passers. You are stuck with "staff" positions, the lesser breed. Expendables.
And he didn't want to, so he asked everybody else....people who just about can't be fired....to make sacrifices.
...."I want to run an idea by you that I think is important, and I'd like to get your reaction to it," Levy began. "I'd like to do what we can to protect the lower-wage earners - the transporters, the housekeepers, the food service people. A lot of these people work really hard, and I don't want to put an additional burden on them.
"Now, if we protect these workers, it means the rest of us will have to make a bigger sacrifice," he continued. "It means that others will have to give up more of their salary or benefits."
He had barely gotten the words out of his mouth when Sherman Auditorium erupted in applause. Thunderous, heartfelt, sustained applause.....
He's got people volunteering pay cuts for themselves, give up vacation pay, raises, bonuses. To help out the vulnerable amongst them, to stand with them.
Behold the power of common decency, and gape in awe. Ring a bell, raise a beer, give a yell, wipe a tear. Chicka-boom, chicka-boom, don'tcha just love it?