Lean program in Sask.

[mustardman]

Building a car is quite different than healing a human being.

The program should have been Tried in SMALL test area Not the whole friggin province.

[sumdumguy]

There are unions here and cooperation is key to make any concept to catch on.

[jensend]

The whole lean thing is you can always do more with less. Might work better in private sector but Toyota's recall rate has also gone up. Quality control is one of the first things to suffer. This is another of Wall's blunders.

[abeorike]

they touch the tray with their dirty hands. when it is in front of you , you touch it . this is not right

[bucket]

Introduce profit sharing will drive results faster than LEAN because employees help with the gains.

Ipsco introduced it in the mid 90s. Made a lot of very rich people in or out of the union.

[blackpowder]

Were too far down the union slope to get around them now?

[LEP]

First it is total bs to say a $40 m contract cost the province $6B. Just absolute fabrication. No basis in truth whatsoever.

Second to say we have Unions here so cooperation is the answer. Is just more of the same trying to get a different result.

Third we spend so much on healthcare if there wasn't an attempt at innovation and cost reduction then you ain't doin your job imo.

But then it is "ok" that nurses have an informal system to take sick leave so someone else gets more overtime. Doesn't sound like fraud to me.

[bucket]

LEP

If the management hasn't got the smarts to stop the practice....fire the management.

[hobbyfrmr]

There are many nurses that work a lot of hours . If they are strategic about it, they can earn up around $150,000 to $160,000. The health districts have to find ways to manage their facilities where they look for improvements in all aspects . Then it may be a management issue instead of a union employee issue.
I am not defending unions, but poor managers can go over budget as well.

[ajl]

Somebody is going to have to come up with something to curb the cost of health care or we will soon have a system to care for the rich in a country with no rich people left.

[LEP]

Right bucket, I get it.

Your wife is a nurse.

[bucket]

Nope LEP.

You are wrong.

But I have seen the practice of calling in sick so the next shift gets overtime.

Management has a responsibility to stop it. That's what contracts are for.

I don't agree with it and I don't support the practice. But there is a way to deal with it.