National Union of Healthcare Workers

St. Vincent Nurses Call on Tenet to Cease Its Failed Attacks on Nurses & Its Callous Endangerment of Central Mass Patients

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Monday, October 11, 2021
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Pellegrino added, "Our nurses want nothing more than to be back at the bedside to provide our patients with the dignity and expert care they expect and deserve from this, their community hospital.  Unfortunately, Tenet has refused an agreement that would allow that to happen, choosing instead to spend millions to keep us out, to pursue illegal practices to punish us for our advocacy -- all to avoid accountability for providing safe patient care."

Key Points: 
  • We have also received reports of those few strikers who crossed over in recent weeks now leaving for other facilities."
  • As fellow Tenet nurses, we have seen how Tenet leadership put profits over patients at our own hospital and we see they are making the same choice at St. Vincent.
  • "We have had St, Vincent nurses coming in droves to help us out with our nursing shortage at HealthAlliance.
  • Founded in 1903, the Massachusetts Nurses Association is the largest union of registered nurses in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Futuro Health to Leverage Worthi® by Citi to Bolster Career Opportunities for Future Allied Health Workers

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Thursday, March 18, 2021
States of the United States, Healthcare in the United States, California, Service Employees International Union, Canadian Labour Congress, Change to Win Federation, Dupont Circle, Kaiser Permanente, Allied health professions, SEIU United Healthcare Workers West, National Union of Healthcare Workers

Futuro Health is offering free access to Worthi by Citi, solution to the "she-cession"

Key Points: 
  • Futuro Health is offering free access to Worthi by Citi, solution to the "she-cession"
    Pandemic-induced job losses come at a time in California when there is already a significant need for more allied healthcare workers.
  • "Futuro Health's mission to support allied health workers in California is a perfect example of a burgeoning career that is in need of talented professionals.
  • Futuro Health improves the health and wealth of communities by growing the largest network of credentialed allied health workers in the nation starting in California.
  • Kaiser Permanente and Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West (SEIU-UHW) partnered to establish Futuro Health in January 2020 with a $130 million commitment.

SEIU: Workers, Families and Friends to Hold Candlelight Vigil to Commemorate the Lives of Five Union Members and AHMC Healthcare Workers Who Have Died from COVID-19

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Tuesday, September 1, 2020
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The five were all members of SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West (SEIU-UHW).

Key Points: 
  • The five were all members of SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West (SEIU-UHW).
  • They worked at Garfield Medical Center in Monterey Park, Monterey Park Hospital, and Greater El Monte Community Hospital.
  • Candlelight vigil to remember fallen hospital workers who died from COVID-19, and to protest a lack of PPE for frontline healthcare workers across three AHMC Healthcare Inc. hospitals.
  • SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West (SEIU-UHW) is one of the largest unions of hospital workers in the United States, with 97,000 members.

SEIU: California Passes Union-Backed Bill that is First in the Nation to Require Hospitals & Other Healthcare Facilities to Have 45-Day Supplies of PPE at Pandemic Levels

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Tuesday, September 1, 2020
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The law also sets the stage for the state of California to create a 90-day supply of PPE for healthcare and other essential workers.

Key Points: 
  • The law also sets the stage for the state of California to create a 90-day supply of PPE for healthcare and other essential workers.
  • "Too many healthcare and other essential workers have gotten sick and needlessly died because we did not have the supplies of PPE we desperately needed to treat COVID-19 patients.
  • The bill was conceived and backed by SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West and was sponsored by Sens.
  • SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West (SEIU-UHW) is one of the largest unions of hospital workers in the United States, with 97,000 members.

SEIU: As Prime Healthcare Takes Over Amid Pandemic, Chaos Envelopes St. Francis Medical Center, Threatening Care and Safety of Patients, Staff

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Friday, August 14, 2020
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"All that we feared about Prime taking over this hospital undercutting quality care and mistreating its own staff is already happening on day one."

Key Points: 
  • "All that we feared about Prime taking over this hospital undercutting quality care and mistreating its own staff is already happening on day one."
  • St. Francis is a hospital that is critical to treating COVID-19 patients in Los Angeles County with one of the highest coronavirus caseloads in the region.
  • WHAT:News conference by workers not retained by Prime Healthcare, St. Francis Medical Center's new owners.
  • SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West (SEIU-UHW) is one of the largest unions of hospital workers in the United States, with 97,000 members.

SEIU: Court Motion Seeks to Cancel Union Contracts at St. Francis Medical Center in Lynwood, Paving Way for Prime Healthcare to Slash 2,000+ Workers' Wages in Middle of Pandemic

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Thursday, May 21, 2020
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St. Francis' owner, Verity Health, which is in bankruptcy proceedings, filed the motion in U.S. Bankruptcy Court this week.

Key Points: 
  • St. Francis' owner, Verity Health, which is in bankruptcy proceedings, filed the motion in U.S. Bankruptcy Court this week.
  • The motion seeks to cancel hospital contracts with Service Employees International United Healthcare Workers West and United Nurses Associations of California as part of the bankruptcy filings.
  • If the motion is approved, the contracts would be nullified on the day the sale is finalized.
  • SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West (SEIU-UHW) is one of the largest unions of hospital workers in the United States, with 97,000 members.

SEIU: Stanford Gets More Federal Stimulus Money than Any Hospital System in CA Even as it Imposes Wage Cuts on Frontline Workers, Report Reveals

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Monday, May 11, 2020
Service Employees International Union, Change to Win Federation, Trade unions, Canadian Labour Congress, Dupont Circle, SEIU United Healthcare Workers West, National Union of Healthcare Workers

The discovery of Stanford Health Care's large federal payment raises another troubling question about why it would cut the pay of its own workers in the middle of the health crisis.

Key Points: 
  • The discovery of Stanford Health Care's large federal payment raises another troubling question about why it would cut the pay of its own workers in the middle of the health crisis.
  • The federal payment is just the first Stanford Health Care is expected to get from the stimulus money.
  • The payment is more than twice as much as an estimated $40.3 million Stanford Health Care could save from the pay cuts for all of its 14,000 workers.
  • SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West (SEIU-UHW) is one of the largest unions of hospital workers in the United States, with 97,000 members.

SEIU: Hospital Chain with Record of Bilking Taxpayers and Cutting Services Now Wants to Slash Pay at St. Francis Hospital in Lynwood, Even as Workers Treat COVID-19 Patients

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Wednesday, May 6, 2020
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Prime is proposing the cuts even though St. Francis is a profitable hospital under the current wage structure.

Key Points: 
  • Prime is proposing the cuts even though St. Francis is a profitable hospital under the current wage structure.
  • Prime is in the process of purchasing St. Francis from Verity Health, which is going through bankruptcy.
  • St. Francis employees also are concerned that massive pay cuts will drive healthcare workers to find jobs elsewhere.
  • SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West (SEIU-UHW) is one of the largest unions of hospital workers in the United States, with 97,000 members.

SEIU Healthcare Workers to Picket 3 Prime Health Hospitals Today to Oppose Attempt to Cut Their Sick Time and Disability in Middle of Pandemic

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Tuesday, May 5, 2020
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Noon to 2 p.m. at Garden Grove Hospital Medical Center, 12601 Garden Grove Blvd., Garden Grove.

Key Points: 
  • Noon to 2 p.m. at Garden Grove Hospital Medical Center, 12601 Garden Grove Blvd., Garden Grove.
  • "But even in the middle of a pandemic, management still can't see us as essential workers.
  • Prime also continues toseverely underpay the healthcare workers at Centinela Hospital Medical Center compared to other hospitals.
  • SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West (SEIU-UHW) is one of the largest unions of hospital workers in the United States, with 97,000 members.

Kaiser Permanente, SEIU-UHW launch $130 million nonprofit addressing California's health care worker shortage

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Wednesday, January 8, 2020
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Futuro Health aims to graduate 10,000 new licensed, credentialed allied health care workers in California over the next four years.

Key Points: 
  • Futuro Health aims to graduate 10,000 new licensed, credentialed allied health care workers in California over the next four years.
  • "Kaiser Permanente recognizes California's health care industry is facing a projected workforce shortage of half a million people over the next few years," said Kaiser Permanente Chairman and CEO Greg Adams.
  • To build a skilled health care workforce, multiple obstacles to affordable, quality allied health care education must be overcome.
  • Service Employees International Union-United Health Care Workers West(SEIU-UHW) is a health care justice union of more than 97,000 health care workers, patients and health care consumers united to ensure affordable, accessible, high-quality care for all Californians, provided by valued and respected health care workers.