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Twenty Texas\u00a0Planned Parenthood<\/a> staffers were recently fired, and they claim it was in retaliation for speaking out about problems there over the past year and attempting to unionize.\u00a0Planned Parenthood executives claim it was solely a business decision.<\/p>\n

Ella Nonni, previously the senior medical assistant for Planned Parenthood’s North Austin facility, said she and 19 other employees were fired on Thursday after they had been trying to unionize to address problems with the affiliate. \u201cOur suspicion is that it was motivated by our organizing activity,\u201d she told KXAN<\/a>. According to Nonni, there isn’t enough personal protective equipment (PPE), and staffers are being forced to do unnecessary work for patients in person — potentially putting them at risk for contracting COVID-19. She also said Planned Parenthood refused to give them paid sick leave if they did<\/em> contract COVID-19.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s this big disconnect between the people managing us and the work that is being done on the ground,\u201d she explained. \u201cThe reality is that a lot of our services, while vital, are not urgent.\u201d After expressing these concerns to the CEO last Monday, Nonni said they were all fired.<\/p>\n

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Yet Brian Lambrecht, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of the Texas Capital Region, said the decision was purely financial. Sarah Wheat, a Planned Parenthood spokeswoman, likewise said the firings were not retaliation. Wheat also claimed that all procedures being committed were time-sensitive and essential, and that there was adequate PPE at all of their facilities.<\/p>\n

Planned Parenthood staffers were recently fired in New York as well, with the abortion organization claiming it was due to COVID-19. Yet anonymous staffers claimed Planned Parenthood merely exploited the pandemic, saying<\/a> \u201cthe crisis gave leadership cover to implement layoffs and closures it had already been planning.” Planned Parenthood of Greater New York (PPGNY) spokeswoman Jacquelyn Marrero blamed the firings on a financial downfall, which was due to a drop in \u201cnon-abortion visits.”<\/p>\n

Regardless of what Planned Parenthood of the Texas Capital Region has claimed, Nonni is holding firm.\u201cFor an organization whose motto is \u2018care no matter what\u2019 and has a progressive image, they really weren\u2019t taking care of its workers,\u201d she said. \u201cOur aim is just to hold Planned Parenthood accountable for the way we were treated.\u201d<\/p>\n

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