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Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital

NUHW Members Profiled in Front Page Story on The Huffington Post May 18, 2011 NUHW members at Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital were featured in the top headline article on the front page of today’s...
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...
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...
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 on Assemblymember Alejo’s Request for a Financial Audit of SVMH: The Los...
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...
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
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 The News: Fears of a private SVMH April 23, 2011 In today’s Monterey County Herald, NUHW Vice President John Borsos and Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital LVN/NUHW member leader Marilyn Benson...