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Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Marina del Rey, Calif., Dec. 08, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Healthcare workers at Cedars-Sinai Marina del Rey Hospital will be making public statements and answering questions on Monday, December 12 at 8 am, as they begin a five-day unfair labor practice strike to demand their employer bargain in good faith with them over inadequate staffing, patient and worker safety concerns and low wages.
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- Marina del Rey, Calif., Dec. 08, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Healthcare workers at Cedars-Sinai Marina del Rey Hospital will be making public statements and answering questions on Monday, December 12 at 8 am, as they begin a five-day unfair labor practice strike to demand their employer bargain in good faith with them over inadequate staffing, patient and worker safety concerns and low wages.
- The strike is scheduled to last through Friday, December 16.
- “We want our employer to stop committing unfair labor practices, and bargain in good faith. We’re struggling to keep up, and people are leaving because they just can’t afford to work here.
- “They’re raising pay at Target and Jack in the Box, but they aren’t raising pay at Marina del Rey Hospital, and to make matters worse our employer refuses to even bargain in good faith.
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Healthcare OAKLAND, Calif., Nov. 03, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nearly 300 healthcare workers at 13 dialysis clinics across the state have filed for elections to join SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West to improve working conditions, staffing, patient care, and wages at their facilities.
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- OAKLAND, Calif., Nov. 03, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nearly 300 healthcare workers at 13 dialysis clinics across the state have filed for elections to join SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West to improve working conditions, staffing, patient care, and wages at their facilities.
- Eight of the 13 dialysis clinics where workers filed for union elections are owned by Fresenius Medical Care and five by Satellite Healthcare.
- These 13 dialysis clinics include facilities in San Francisco, the East Bay Area, San Diego County, the greater San Jose region, and Camarillo.
- Dialysis workers have been working with SEIU-UHW members for six years to improve patient protections and to hold the industry accountable to workers and patients alike.
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ANAHEIM, Calif., Sept. 23, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Late last night, workers and management at KPC Health reached a tentative agreement, allowing workers to call off an impending five-day strike scheduled to begin Monday, September 26 at 6am.
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- ANAHEIM, Calif., Sept. 23, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Late last night, workers and management at KPC Health reached a tentative agreement, allowing workers to call off an impending five-day strike scheduled to begin Monday, September 26 at 6am.
- The new agreement significantly raises wages at six KPC facilities across Orange County and the Inland Empire, addressing workers concerns about chronic short staffing and high turnover.
- Affected KPC facilities include Victor Valley Global Medical Center in Victorville, Anaheim Global Medical Center, Chapman Global Medical Center, South Coast Global Medical Center in Santa Ana, Hemet Global Medical Center, and Menifee Valley Medical Center.
- More than 1,400 KPC Health Inc. employees are members of SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West (SEIU-UHW), and their contract with the hospital expired July 13, 2022.
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Medicine Employees at KPC Health Inc. facilities say conditions are dire for caregivers and patients inside their facility as management ignores concerns about understaffing and working conditions.
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- Employees at KPC Health Inc. facilities say conditions are dire for caregivers and patients inside their facility as management ignores concerns about understaffing and working conditions.
- We voted to strike because we want to put a stop to KPC's unfair labor practices and because we care about patient safety.
- More than 1,400 KPC Health Inc. employees are members of SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West (SEIU-UHW), and their contract with the hospital expired July 13, 2022.
- WHAT: Healthcare workers wearing their uniforms will distribute leaflets to passersby, hold signs, and chant in protest of KPC Health Inc.s understaffing, unsustainable turnover, sub-standard wages, and unfair labor practices.
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Healthcare Sacramento, Calif., Aug. 23, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- More than 200 healthcare workers from across California will meet with legislators, calling on lawmakers to enact a statewide minimum wage for healthcare workers.
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- Sacramento, Calif., Aug. 23, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- More than 200 healthcare workers from across California will meet with legislators, calling on lawmakers to enact a statewide minimum wage for healthcare workers.
- Widespread support and momentum for a healthcare worker minimum wage are growing after four city councils in Southern California voted to establish a healthcare worker minimum wage.
- We are counting on the California legislature to stand with us and enact fair wages for healthcare workers statewide.
- 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.Learn more at www.seiu-uhw.org
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Healthcare Los Angeles, June 29, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Los Angeles City Council has voted 10-0 in favor of a $25 minimum wage for healthcare workers in the city.
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- Los Angeles, June 29, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Los Angeles City Council has voted 10-0 in favor of a $25 minimum wage for healthcare workers in the city.
- "We applaud the Los Angeles City Council for leading the way toward protecting public health and addressing a staffing shortage that threatens Angelenos' care," said Dave Regan, president of SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West.
- "By ensuring healthcare workers earn a fair wage that reflects the vital work they do, Los Angeles can retain and attract the workers needed to ensure the quality of healthcare doesn't decline in the city."
- The new minimum wage would cover all private sector healthcare workers who work in hospitals, integrated health systems, and dialysis clinics in the city of Los Angeles.
Los Angeles, May 27, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- After participating in the hospitals first strike in over forty years, healthcare workers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center won their effort to improve patient care and secure a new contract.
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- Los Angeles, May 27, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- After participating in the hospitals first strike in over forty years, healthcare workers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center won their effort to improve patient care and secure a new contract.
- Workers voted in favor of ratifying a three-year agreement that includes the largest raises ever in their contract history at Cedars-Sinai and addresses safety protocols and wages, the top issues for the frontline healthcare workers.
- This was possible because we as a union stood together to advocate for the safety and well-being of healthcare workers and our patients, said Jose Sanchez, a lead transporter at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
- 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.Learn more at www.seiu-uhw.org .
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California Competes Chinese Hospitals essential role in Bay Area healthcare access makes managements understaffing and attacks on caregivers especially alarming.
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- Chinese Hospitals essential role in Bay Area healthcare access makes managements understaffing and attacks on caregivers especially alarming.
- The hospital was founded in 1925 to provide care for the regions Chinese community at a time of extreme discrimination against Chinese immigrants.
- In a recent survey of workers at Chinese Hospital, 56 percent reported that their department is either severely or somewhat understaffed.
- SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West (SEIU-UHW) is a healthcare justice union of more than 100,000 healthcare workers, patients, and activists united to ensure affordable, accessible, high-quality care for all Californians, provided by valued and respected caregivers.Learn more at www.seiu-uhw.org .
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Hospital The results detail Californias healthcare staffing crisis, its devastating impact on working conditions and patient care, and the failure of employers and the government to adequately address worker shortages.
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- The results detail Californias healthcare staffing crisis, its devastating impact on working conditions and patient care, and the failure of employers and the government to adequately address worker shortages.
- The survey found that 83 percent of respondents report severely or somewhat understaffed departments.
- Sixty-five percent of respondents said they are aware of care being delayed or denied as a result of short staffing.
- "These results clearly show that healthcare workers feel patient care is not the top priority for management at these medical facilities."
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Medical device Healthcare workers at Cedars-Sinai are asking their employer to stop committing unfair labor practices and to bargain in good faith.
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- Healthcare workers at Cedars-Sinai are asking their employer to stop committing unfair labor practices and to bargain in good faith.
- Employees are also concerned about receiving basic protections to ensure patient and worker safety.
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center was recently issued a hospital safety grade of D by the independent consumer healthcare watchdog, the Leapfrog group.
- Management doesn't seem to take patient or worker safety seriously," said Luz Oglesby, a clinical partner at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
