June 22nd, 2011
Monterey County Herald: Hundreds of SVMH employees strike
From The Monterey County Herald: Temporary workers brought in to fill strikers’ positions By Jim Johnson Posted: 06/22/2011 01:49:38 AM PDT Hundreds of Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital employees walked off their jobs or didn’t show up for them Tuesday in protest about contract negotiations. While the National Union of Healthcare Workers’ plan was for a one-day […]
June 22nd, 2011
The Californian: SVMH workers strike over pay, benefits, layoffs
From The Californian: Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System workers took to picket lines today to protest the floundering negotiations between the hospital’s largest union and management. The one-day strike marks the first in the hospital’s 58-year history. The union and the hospital have been at loggerheads over pay and benefit issues for at least seven […]
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 […]
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. […]