July 10th, 2014
Kindred Bay Area: News and Views — July 2014
Committee will take on staffing issues — representatives needed! As everyone knows, we’ve got some staffing issues in San Leandro, especially CNAs. After an initial meeting with management in May, we tried repeatedly to get a follow-up session so that CNAs could come and tell their own stories about how the current staffing ratios are […]
July 7th, 2014
Caregivers, patients, community call on county to save Doctors Medical Center
Caregivers, patients, and community members rallied in front of Doctors Medical Center in San Pablo July 1 to call on the county to preserved the facility as a full-service hospital. West Contra Costa County residents need more than a stand-alone emergency room.
June 20th, 2014
Sonoma County Supervisor Shirlee Zane’s letter to Kaiser officials
Sonoma County Supervisor Shirlee Zane sent the following letter to Kaiser Permanente officials following the publication of three stories about Kaiser’s failures in mental health care in the Santa Rosa Press Democrat. Dr. Mordecai, Mr. Nelson and Dr. Turner: I cannot begin to tell you how upsetting and offensive it was to read your remarks […]
June 15th, 2014
Workers lose in corrupt SEIU-CHA deal
In May, SEIU and the California Hospital Association (CHA) announced a three-year “partnership” — a sweetheart deal in which the union has sold out its members to curry favor with employers. In exchange for scuttling two popular California ballot initiatives that would have capped hospital pricing and executive compensation, CHA will allow SEIU to organize […]
June 15th, 2014
SEIU gets in bed with the California Hospital Association
In May, SEIU-UHW and the California Hospital Association (CHA) announced a three-and-a-half-year “partnership,” the purpose of which, they claimed, was to work together to lobby for increased Medi-Cal reimbursements to hospitals. In a conference call with journalists, SEIU-UHW President Dave Regan and CHA President Duane Dauner trumpeted their agreement as “visionary,” but they wouldn’t allow […]