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The Californian: Hundreds of SVMH workers strike June 22, 2011 From The Californian: By Scott MacDonald SALINAS — Hundreds of workers from Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System walked off the...
Monterey County Herald: Hundreds of SVMH employees strike June 22, 2011 From The Monterey County Herald: Temporary workers brought in to fill strikers’ positions By Jim Johnson Posted: 06/22/2011 01:49:38 AM PDT...
The Californian: SVMH workers strike over pay, benefits, layoffs June 22, 2011 From The Californian: Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System workers took to picket lines today to protest the floundering negotiations between...
LA Times: Workers strike at hospital where CEO got $5-million retirement plan June 22, 2011 From The Los Angeles Times: About 850 workers at a Salinas public hospital went on strike Tuesday, about two months after...
KION: SVMH health care workers walk off the job June 22, 2011
NUHW Wins in San Francisco; Strikes in LA June 5, 2011 From Znet: By Cal Winslow On Wednesday, May 18, 2011, 2500 members of the new National Union of Healthcare Workers...
Hospital Workers, Facing Layoffs, Launch Counterattack On Executives May 18, 2011 From The Huffington Post: By Dave Jamieson and Ryan Grim WASHINGTON — In recent months, the management at Salinas Valley...
Editorial: Let SVMH audit shed light May 16, 2011 From The Californian: Let the audit begin. For the moment, everyone is on the same page with respect to Salinas...
NUHW Wins in San Francisco May 16, 2011 From Counterpunch: By CAL WINSLOW The new National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) has won another important victory in its struggle...
State to audit Salinas hospital system May 11, 2011 The Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California officials will audit a hospital district that awarded its CEO nearly $4 million in...
Marilyn Benson: Hospital board fails to represent the community May 11, 2011 From an opinion article by NUHW member Marilyn Benson in The Salinas Californian: When outgoing Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital CEO Sam...
Editorial: Downing’s payout excessive, pure and simple May 11, 2011 From The Salinas Californian Editorial Board: For nearly the past 40 years you almost couldn’t say “Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital” without mentioning...