June 24th, 2011
Labor Notes: California Strike Highlights Hospitals’ Skewed Priorities
Labor Notes: Hundreds of workers at a central California hospital return to work today, after a two-day lockout that provoked a complaint from the state labor board. Workers at the Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital, two hours south of San Francisco, were locked out after taking to picket lines on Tuesday. The daylong strike—the first ever […]
June 24th, 2011
Labor Notes: California Strike Highlights Hospitals’ Skewed Priorities
Labor Notes: By Mark Brenner Hundreds of workers at a central California hospital return to work today, after a two-day lockout that provoked a complaint from the state labor board. Workers at the Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital, two hours south of San Francisco, were locked out after taking to picket lines on Tuesday. The daylong […]
June 24th, 2011
In The News: SVMH executives given large raises
The Californian: At the same time it laid off hundreds of rank and file employees, the Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System steadily provided generous increases to the salary and benefits packages of its senior executive team, records show. SVMH vice presidents Bev Ranzenberger, John Fletcher, Dr. David Perrott, Elizabeth Lorenzi, Irene Neumeister and James Griffith […]
June 24th, 2011
The Californian: SVMH executives given large raises
The Californian: At the same time it laid off hundreds of rank and file employees, the Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System steadily provided generous increases to the salary and benefits packages of its senior executive team, records show. SVMH vice presidents Bev Ranzenberger, John Fletcher, Dr. David Perrott, Elizabeth Lorenzi, Irene Neumeister and James Griffith […]
June 23rd, 2011
Monterey County Herald: Striking union files charge against SVMH
Monterey County Herald: Hospital officials insist there is no lockout By JIM JOHNSON Herald Staff Writer Arguing that more than 100 Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital employees were illegally locked out without proper advance notice after Tuesday’s walkout protest, National Union of Healthcare Workers officials have filed an unfair labor practice charge. But hospital officials and their […]