SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- SEIU United Healthcare Workers will hold a press conference on Friday, Sept. 2, to announce a deadline for an unfair labor practice strike that would affect more than 8,000 caregivers in 13 Sutter facilities - the nation’s largest open-ended healthcare strike in two decades.
“The labor movement -- including unions within and without the AFL-CIO -- our community allies and public officials have never been more united in our fight for quality care at Sutter Health,” said Sal Rosselli, president of SEIU UHW. “While other health systems like Kaiser and Catholic Healthcare West, have worked hard to build a constructive relationship with their employees, Sutter Health has been aggressively fighting to silence their own caregivers. Of all the health systems in California, with the quality care problems at Sutter Health, this is the one that caregivers should have a strong voice in how care is delivered.”
WHO: Sal Rosselli, president of SEIU United Healthcare Workers - West, Art Pulaski, executive secretary of the California Federation of Labor, heads of local labor councils throughout the Bay Area and Sacramento, and joined by Sutter Health caregivers and their political and community supporters, including representatives from the California Nurses Association, Stationary Engineers Local 39, Teamsters Locals 665, 856 and Joint Council 7, Office and Professional Employees Local 29, UNITE-HERE Locals 2 and 2850, and Caregivers and Healthcare Employees Union. WHAT: Press Conference to announce strike deadline WHEN: Friday, Sept. 2, 9:30 a.m. WHERE: San Francisco Marriott Salon 6 CONTACT: Thea Lavin 510-520-7732
SEIU United Healthcare Workers-West
CONTACT: Thea Lavin of SEIU United Healthcare Workers-West,+1-510-520-7732
Web site: http://www.seiu-uhw.org/
