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February 1st, 2012

Union VP blasts SVMH pensions as ‘outrageous’

Andy Stiny, Salinas CalifornianJan 31, 2012 The vice-president of the union representing about 750 Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital workers is blasting the hospital administration after the release of information showing two hospital executives received one-time supplemental pension payouts of over $1 million and three others received lesser amounts. “It’s the same concerns we raised around […]

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February 1st, 2012

Press coverage of our Jan 31 Kaiser Strike

ABC Sacramento San Jose Mercury News (Photo Essay)   ABC Fresno Washington Post, 89.3 KPCC (Audio), Marin Journal, the California Report (Audio) . KFOR (Video) FOX40 Sacramento (Video) Kaiser Fontana: San Bernadino and Inland Empire Sun

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January 31st, 2012

Union VP blasts SVMH pensions as ‘outrageous’

Andy Stiny, Salinas Californian
Jan 31, 2012

The vice-president of the union representing about 750 Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital workers is blasting the hospital administration after the release of information showing two hospital executives received one-time supplemental pension payouts of over $1 million and three others received lesser amounts.

“It’s the same concerns we raised around Sam Downing’s (retired hospital CEO) pension,” said John Borsos, vice-president of the National Union of Healthcare Workers.

Downing retired from the hospital in April with almost $4 million in supplemental retirement benefits and a regular pension of $150,000 a year. That pension scheme was stopped by the hospital board in December.

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January 30th, 2012

Our Jan 31 Kaiser strike

Here are times and locations for our January 31 strike at Kaiser Permanente, as well as important information to share with your co-workers, including information about the right to sympathy strike. Sacramento-area Picket Line locations South Bay Area Picket Line locations North Bay Area Picket Line locations East Bay Area Picket Line locations San Francisco […]

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January 30th, 2012

Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital workers win contract, Seton Medical Center workers file to join NUHW

We want to report to you that today 750 NUHW members at Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital are celebrating winning a new contract with no concessions and wage increases of 3.25% to 18.25%. Our struggle to win our contract at Salinas wasn’t easy. First we had to fight to leave SEIU and the layoffs that SEIU […]