Home

File

We Are Buckeyes—Not Bullseyes.

OSUWMC: Act Now to Protect Patients and Healthcare Workers

🛑 SIGN THE PETITION TO HAVE JAY ANDERSON REMOVED IMMEDIATELY! 🛑

👉 Click here to sign: Jay Anderson Has Failed to Keep Us Safe—It’s Time for Him to Go

Join patients, staff, and community members calling for real safety, real staffing, and real respect.

Informational Picket
On Wednesday, June 25, we conducted an informational picket with community members and other union supporters outside of the OSU Wexner Medical Center. Despite the heat, there were hundreds of people chanting and marching across the front lawn demanding workplace safety, safe staffing, stronger wages, and respect.
 
2025 Buckeye Country Superfest
On Saturday, June 21, the we handed out fliers at Buckeye Country Superfest to raise awareness over contract negotiations and the need for increased safety measures. We appreciate the overwhelmingly positive support from attending community members. We also flew a plane over Ohio Stadium with a banner that said, "No Nurses= No Care. Fair Contract Now." 


March on OSU President Ted Carter
On Wednesday, June 18, we marched on the boss, OSU President Ted Carter, and demanded that OSU stop ignoring our demands for a safe workplace and fair contract that will recruit and retain the nurses needed to safely staff the new tower. We need real change NOW. 

March on OSUWMC Board of Trustees
We showed strong unity and solidarity for the OSUWMC Board of Trustees meeting on May 22 to deliver a clear message: we refuse to accept dying at work as part of the job. No one should have to sacrifice their health, safety, or life to do the work of caring for others. We are demanding dignity, safe staffing, and the ability to care without causing harm to our patients or ourselves. This is a fight for respect, justice, and the future of our profession. 
In the video below, Amy Pompeii, OSUNO President, spoke to the OSU Wexner Medical Center Board of Trustees and guests. Click here to read the remarks.

                                                                         

Nurses & Health Professionals at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center are calling for urgent action. Our lives—and the lives of our patients—depend on it.

Gun threats. Armed individuals are entering the hospital. Delays in response that stretch up to 30 minutes as part of the plan.

This is not a drill—it’s our daily reality in the Emergency Department.

We proudly serve our community every day, saving lives under immense pressure. But we cannot do that work when our own safety is constantly at risk. OSUWMC has taken a small step by installing metal detectors at some entrances — but the EMS entrance to the Emergency Department remains unprotected, and the hospital’s current response plan puts everyone in danger.

A Complaint Has Been Filed

Our union has filed a formal Public Employment Risk Reduction Program (PERRP) complaint against OSUWMC for failing to provide a safe workplace.

We Need a Safe, Sustainable Hospital—Not a Reactionary Warzone

Moral injury is rising. Caregivers are being asked to risk their lives to do their jobs. We don’t want to be hailed as heroes only to be treated as expendable. And our patients and visitors deserve better than to fear being caught in crossfire while seeking care.

Take Action Now

✅ SIGN THE PETITION — Tell OSUWMC to protect our care and demand Jay Anderson be removed immediately 

✅ Share this page and follow our updates below ADD INFO ON SOCIAL and USING HASHTAGS

✅ Support healthcare workers fighting for safety and dignity

Messages to OSUWMC Leadership

  1. Letter PERRP Complaint 2025  – This was the letter sent to Jay Anderson immediately after the filing of the form PERRP complaint online.

  2. PERRP Appeal 4.14.2025 – This was filed with PERRP after we were notified that our complaint was being denied based on the information and documents provided by OSU.

  3. Response to OSU 4.15.2025 – We sent this to OSU after we appealed PERRP’s decision.

We Are Buckeyes—Not Bullseyes

Stand with OSU healthcare workers. Demand safety. Demand dignity. Demand action.
Demand Jay Anderson be removed immediately!

🔗 SIGN THE PETITION NOW

#ProtectOurCare #SafeStaffingSavesLives #WeAreNotBullseyes