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June 22nd, 2011

LA Times: Workers strike at hospital where CEO got $5-million retirement plan

From The Los Angeles Times: About 850 workers at a Salinas public hospital went on strike Tuesday, about two months after revelations of a multimillion-dollar pension awarded to the hospital’s CEO.    Caregivers at Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital walked off their jobs at 6 a.m., according to representatives of the National Union of Healthcare Workers. The […]

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June 22nd, 2011

KION: SVMH health care workers walk off the job

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June 22nd, 2011

In The News: Workers strike at hospital where CEO got $5-million retirement plan

From today’s Los Angeles Times: About 850 workers at a Salinas public hospital went on strike Tuesday, about two months after revelations of a multimillion-dollar pension awarded to the hospital’s CEO.    Caregivers at Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital walked off their jobs at 6 a.m., according to representatives of the National Union of Healthcare Workers. […]

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June 21st, 2011

On Strike in Salinas

Dear Brothers and Sisters, We’re showing management what unity looks like at Salinas Valley Memorial. Starting at six o’clock this morning, 800 NUHW members at Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital walked off the job and onto the picket line. Our message is clear: we’re telling management to start bargaining in good faith and settle a fair contract that […]

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June 21st, 2011

They say cutback, we say fight back!

Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital workers on strike!