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In The News: Assemblyman Alejo calls for SVMH audit May 3, 2011 From The Monterey County Herald: Criticizes executive salaries By JIM JOHNSON Herald Staff Writer New state assemblyman Luis Alejo is calling...
Hospital exec’s $4M retirement package blasted May 3, 2011 From the Associated Press: Posted: 05/03/2011 08:19:14 AM PDT SALINAS, Calif.—Officials at a public hospital district in Salinas are coming under...
Assembly panel may review $4-million retirement package May 3, 2011 From The Los Angeles Times: Legislators seek to audit payments augmenting pension for Samuel Downing, former chief of the Salinas...
NUHW Supports Assemblymember Alejo’s Request for Financial Audit of Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital May 3, 2011 Statement from the National Union of Healthcare Workers: The Los Angeles Times reports today that last week, Assemblymember Luis Alejo requested...
LA Times Editors: Big pension in little Salinas April 30, 2011 By the Los Angeles Times editorial board: Yet another local government agency in California is under fire for the seemingly...
LA Times on SVMH CEO Sam Downing’s Outrageous Pension Payouts April 29, 2011 It’s the story of the week: Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital CEO Sam Downing cashes out $4 million in pension benefits on...
Monterey County Herald Editors: Downing’s retirement too much at bad time April 29, 2011 By The Monterey County Herald Editorial Board: The board at Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System has hacked away at its...
In The News: SVMH CEO Gets Paid Millions to Retire April 29, 2011
Downing earned pay, SVMH says April 29, 2011 Generous retirement plan draws heavy criticism By JIM JOHNSON Herald Staff Writer Posted: 04/29/2011 01:28:29 AM PDT Hospital district officials are defending...
Public hospital president’s retirement pay spotlights issue of ‘supplemental’ pensions April 29, 2011 The president and CEO of a Salinas, Calif.-area public hospital district will receive nearly $4 million in retirement pay on...
Taxpayers Fund SVMH CEO Sam Downing’s $4 Million Pension Payouts April 28, 2011 Sam Downing, SVMH’s millionaire CEO Even while advocating position cuts at Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital and diverting $11 million of the...
In These Times: As Union Election Begins at Calif. Hospitals, Workers Claim SEIU ‘in Bed With Management April 27, 2011 From In These Times: As Union Election Begins at Calif. Hospitals, Workers Claim SEIU ‘in Bed With Management’ By Carl Finamore...

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