March 11th, 2012
LA Times: Audit, Hospital district leaders had financial ties to contractors
Los Angeles Times, March 8, 2012 | 6:21pm A Monterey County public hospital district paid $21 million over the last five years to firms in which its chief executive and board members held financial interests, according to a state audit released Thursday. The audit was launched in response to a series of articles in The […]
March 10th, 2012
We kept our pension at Salinas, now hospital directors may face criminal charges
In January, my co-workers and I at Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital won a contract with raises and no concessions. Today, after a California state auditor’s report exposed possible “criminal acts” by SVMH’s directors, we’re putting healthcare executives everywhere on notice that they won’t get away with treating our hospitals like their personal cash cows. Former […]
March 8th, 2012
NUHW Calls for SVMH Board Members Gattis and Wardwell to Resign in Light of Audit Report
Union reiterates auditor’s call for criminal investigations by County District Attorney Salinas, California – The National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW), representing 750 caregivers at Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital (SVMH), applauds the California State Auditor’s report, released this morning, that describes the pervasive lack of transparency and numerous conflicts of interest that characterize the hospital’s governing […]
March 8th, 2012
KION Central Coast News: NUHW Calls for SVMH Board Members to Resign, In Light of Audit
By Tom Jones, KION SALINAS, Calif. — The National Union of Healthcare Workers is calling for two Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital (SVMH) Board Members to step down, in light of the California State Auditor’s report released Thursday. The audit report claimed that SVMH has a lack of transparency and numerous instances of conflcts of interest […]
March 7th, 2012
Caregivers conduct info picket at Doctors Medical Center San Pablo
Today, workers at Doctors Medical Center San Pablo conducted an informational picket a their hospital. Workers are calling for fair wages and benefits. Caregivers are also pointing out that management is paying nearly $60,000 per month for the services of an executive from Wellspring Partners, an out-of-state management consulting firm with origins in the Enron […]