SEIU-UHW has located 39 million N95 masks-connecting states, counties to the supplier

[Dennis Donovan]

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Heidi Przybyla ✔@HeidiNBC

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👉The Service Employees International Union – United Healthcare Workers West (SEIU-UHW) has located 39 million N95 masks & is connecting states, counties, health systems and individual hospitals to the supplier so they can purchase them in quantity.

3:03 PM - Mar 26, 2020

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Heidi Przybyla ✔@HeidiNBC

"The union launched an exhaustive search for masks and other personal protective equipment (PPE) five days ago ...

Within 48 hours of painstakingly calling leads and potential suppliers, the union discovered a distributor who had the 39 million masks, and has since found another

Heidi Przybyla ✔@HeidiNBC

supplier who says his company can produce 20 million more masks a week. The union also has found a supplier who can deliver millions of face shields.

SEIU-UHW has 97,000 members who work in hospitals across California.

3:24 PM - Mar 26, 2020

39 million?

[Me.]

1. My God...What A Miracle

[TheBlackAdder]

12. That is more than a boat load... it's an F-Ton!

[SlogginThroughIt]

42. Technically a metric shit ton

Technically a metric shitload which is two assload if my calculations are correct.

[lamp_shade]

2. Here...

https://www.seiu-uhw.org/press/union-locates-massive-supply-of-n95-masks/

[grumpyduck]

3. Dunno about you, but

I think I'm starting to see more and more individuals and organizations stepping in to do what our POS occupant of the Oval Office and his minions are flat-out REFUSING TO DO.

Woo - hoo!

[Pacifist Patriot]

11. Including those who are in the, um, intimacy business (no kidding/link)

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[grumpyduck]

14. Mmmmmm.....

Nice try, Liberator, but I think the timing might be a wee bit off on this one.

[thecrow]

24. I think it's more incompetence

than willfulness....

[Baitball Blogger]

4. Wait, what?

Where do you find 39 million N95 masks?

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

5. Apparently they've been doing the fed government's work for them by contacting

suppliers.

[Baitball Blogger]

10. This is just crazy.

This president is so disconnected from how our country operates that he's useless!

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

13. I've run out of words to describe this shitshow. Oh wait, there's another one... nt

[Raven]

9. Yeah, "wait, what" is right!

[rzemanfl]

6. A Union finds 39 million masks, while our government cannot find its ass with both hands

and a flashlight.

[dalton99a]

19. +1

[BComplex]

34. That's the post of the day!!

[aggiesal]

35. They're using the wrong end of the flashlight ...

if you know what I mean
and I’m sure you do.

[greenjar_01]

7. Value is generated by the workers

[Zoonart]

27. THIS!

Union strong.

[TheBlackAdder]

8. Coronaviris has an oil exterior, perhaps they should be looking at P100 masks. N95 aren't that good.

[moondust]

20. Or R95.

Which I believe are N95 level protection plus resistance to oil.

[TheBlackAdder]

23. Yep, but the 95 means that 5% leaks in by way of the sides or through the material.

[Phoenix61]

15. They lifted the restriction that they had to be

for medical use. Lots of other uses for N95 masks.

[superpatriotman]

16. So they "found" them?

Were they lost? Hidden? Buried at sea?

[Raven123]

18. No kidding. Sounds like they were planning to hold them hostage and got caught

[RobinA]

22. Well, They Kind Of Were

A supplier was sitting on that many masks? What's that about? I'm not a business person (thank god) but if I had them sitting around I might call my local hospital.

[superpatriotman]

30. Time to roll out the gullotines

To the National Mall

[dewsgirl]

17. This is good news.

[dalton99a]

21. That's about two days' worth of N95 production in China before the outbreak

[ffr]

25. Make way!!!

Coming through!

To all those trying to help and protect America's health workers.

[bonniebgood]

26. Thank God some Good NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!! nt

[Chainfire]

28. y'all can be so cynical....

The group that had 39 million masks didn't know anyone needed them.....

[superpatriotman]

33. Masks? Oh, masks!

We thought you said masts.

[iluvtennis]

29. Wow, thank the Lord! nt

[MFGsunny]

31. C'mon social media, do what you do best!

https://www.seiu-uhw.org/press/union-locates-massive-supply-of-n95-masks/

[bucolic_frolic]

32. Hoarding, monopoly, anti-competitive trade practices

Why would you hold on to so many? It costs money to park capital in massive inventory as it ages.

Time for some Congressional investigations

[Chainfire]

36. Why is easy

In two or three more weeks they would be a lot more valuable than they are today. Bidders could come from all over the world.

The masks should be confiscated and distributed for free to those that need them the most.

[Tucker08087]

37. Let's hear again how the "public sector" is useless.

Now normally, the highest offices of government ARE the public sector, but a quick search of the Trump administration proves that, at this moment, the people making decisions are decidedly Pro Private, Anti Public. They found these in 48 hours. Two days. With the whole weight of the United States government behind a search, who really believes they were even looking? 2 days, guys. TWO.

[TryLogic]

38. Don't let Trump's people (thugs) confiscate them.

Want masks? Vote for me/Trump.

[Politicub]

39. Yes for labor unions!!

[George II]

40. That's UNION power!

[Dem2theMax]

41. They just 'now' found them?

I'm glad they finally decided to do the right thing, but.

How many people died while they were sitting on those masks?

I'm grateful that so many people and companies are stepping up to the plate. Our government sure isn't doing it. But just watch. Trump will find some way to take credit for this.

[ehrnst]

43. Glad the WH didn't find them first and confiscate them, then sell them to governors

who flattered him the most.