SEIU-UHW: Healthcare Workers at Five HCA Hospitals Vote to Strike Over Management's Threats, Initimidation, Other Unfair Labor Practices
RIVERSIDE, Calif. and SAN JOSE, Calif., May 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Thousands of healthcare workers at five HCA facilities in California have voted to authorize an unfair labor practice strike to demand their employer stop the threats and intimidation, and bargain in good faith with them over short-staffing, low-wages, and worker safety concerns. Caregivers at HCA hospitals fear that the company's profit focus is endangering worker and patient safety.
- Caregivers at HCA hospitals fear that the company's profit focus is endangering worker and patient safety.
- This chronic short staffing has allowed HCA Healthcare to rake in billions of dollars , resulting in huge payouts for executives and shareholders.
- The strike also follows a national report released by SEIU , the nation's largest union of healthcare workers, revealing a dangerous pattern of understaffing at HCA hospitals.
- SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West (SEIU-UHW) is a healthcare justice union of more than 100,000 healthcare workers, patients, and healthcare activists united to ensure affordable, accessible, high-quality care for all Californians, provided by valued and respected healthcare workers.