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SO-CAL HEALTHCARE WORKERS TO HOLD ONE-DAY STRIKE: August 28 action to call attention to undermining of patient care and worker's rights
*Lynwood, CA - With frighteningly low numbers of trauma and emergency services in South Los Angeles, hundreds of healthcare workers at St. Francis Medical Center in Lynwood will hold one-day strike on Thursday, August 28 at 12 noon to protest the health system's attempt to undermine important patient care protections and healthcare worker's voices.
The protest at St. Francis Medical Center will be coordinated simultaneously with four other hospitals across the state, all of which are part of the Daughters of Charity Health System and include a substantial number of African-American healthcare workers.
Over 870 caregivers at St. Francis Medical Center, who are represented by SEIU United Healthcare Workers-West, have been in negotiations with the health system since March and are proposing improvements to help ensure quality patient care and improve the hospital's ability to recruit and retain healthcare professionals.
However, administrators are threatening to eliminate key provisions that already exist in the contract which allow front-line caregivers a real voice in the delivery of patient care and treatment.
One year after the closure of Martin Luther King-Harbor Hospital, employees at St. Francis Medical Center have experienced dramatic increases in patient levels. They believe this is not the time to remove safeguards to quality patient care.
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Hospital workers protest hospital's attempt to undermine patient care and silence their voices.
WHAT: One-Day Strike for Patient Safety at St. Francis Medical Center
WHO: St. Francis Healthcare Workers, community allies, and SEIU
United Healthcare Workers-West
WHEN: Thursday, August 28 at 12:00 p.m. (PST)
WHERE: St. Francis Medical Center, Main Hospital Entrance
3630 E. Imperial Highway (near corner of Martin Luther King Blvd.)
ABOUT SEIU
With more than 150,000 members, SEIU United Healthcare Workers-West is the fastest-growing healthcare union in the United States. SEIU United Healthcare Workers-West represents healthcare workers in all job classifications and all healthcare settings, including hospitals, homecare, nursing homes and clinics. Their mission is to achieve high-quality healthcare for all.
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Source: Jasmyne Cannick - jcannick@sbcglobal.net
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