Don't Call Me A Hero
Tenet Healthcare workers are being left behind
Frontline workers are being left behind
Tenet Healthcare hospitals in Southern California are understaffing critical departments and underpaying committed caregivers, jeopardizing the care on which patients depend. Housekeepers and dietary workers have been working in Covid units without health insurance because Tenet subcontracts their jobs to Compass, a $25 billion multinational corporation that pays poverty wages. The result: Families suffer, hospitals are understaffed and not properly disinfected, and patients are put at risk. It’s time to end this vicious cycle. It’s time for Tenet, which has $2 billion in cash reserves, to stop calling its workers heroes and start treating them with dignity.
We put our lives on the line during this pandemic. Our campaign is about fighting for safe staffing, fair pay, and affordable health care for our families.
Lanelle Anderson
Patient Ambassador
Fountain Valley Regional Hospital
"My pay would jump nearly 30 percent if Tenet Healthcare stopped subcontracting and brought my job in house. That would help me afford health insurance and pay my rent."
Antonia Romo
Housekeeper
Lakewood Regional Medical Center
"All we want is fair treatment so we can support our families. Tenet Healthcare has more than $2 billion in cash reserves. It has no excuse to subcontract the jobs of frontline workers to a company that denies us fair pay and affordable benefits."
Michelle Riggins
Certified Nursing Assistant
Fountain Valley Regional Hospital
"We've put our lives on the line over the past year, confronting multiple Covid surges. Tenet reported a $399 million profit in 2020. It has the money to safely staff our hospitals and treat us with dignity."
Edith Gutierrez
Housekeeper
Los Alamitos Medical Center
"Tenet has received more than $850 million in taxpayer funds during the pandemic, but it's forcing workers like me to depend on taxpayer assistance for my health coverage. It’s time to end corporate welfare and treat workers fairly."
Keep updated with the latest news about Tenet and what workers at Tenet hospitals in Southern California are doing to protect patients and themselves.
Tenet's failures start at the top
Ronald Rittenmeyer
CEO
Tenet Healthcare
Kenneth McFarland
CEO
Fountain Valley Regional Hospital
Kent Clayton
CEO
Los Alamitos Medical Center
John Grah
CEO
Lakewood Medical Center
Tenet Healthcare has received more than $850 million in taxpayer dollars during the pandemic, yet caregivers had to blow the whistle on penny-pinching that put them and their patients at greater risk of contaminating Covid-19. As caregivers struggled to get tested for Covid or even to afford health insurance for their family, Tenet CEO Ron Rittenmyer pocketed a $9.6 million stock payout for purchasing a chain of surgery centers.
You can help by signing our petition
Let Tenet know that it can’t shortchange our community hospitals and the people who care for us. Tell Tenet that it’s time to fully staff its facilities and stop outsourcing critical jobs that leave workers unable to pay their rent or afford health care for their families. And show your appreciation to Tenet workers who have blown the whistle on Tenet’s Covid health code violations and fought for better care in our communities.
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Thank you for supporting NUHW healthcare workers at Tenet hospitals! In addition to signing our petition above, you can support NUHW essential healthcare workers at Tenet hospitals by announcing your support on social media.
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