Dave Regan, President of SEIU-UHW, discussed California's billionaire tax proposal, Medicaid funding cuts, health care affordability and efforts to stabilize the state's health care system.
#Healthcare#Medicaid#California#Policy
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Congratulations to the 2,000 healthcare workers at Sharp Healthcare in San Diego who voted to organize with @SEIU_UHW.
When workers have a seat at the table, it’s better for everyone.
As the most pro-union, pro-worker administration in history, we stand with you.
Kavitha Bhatia, put an end to the care crisis at @_PrimeHealth by investing in staffing and fair wages now. In 2021, Prime made hundreds of millions in profits in CA, while 80% of caregivers surveyed there say they are severely or somewhat understaffed. #United4All
🔥STRIKE ALERT
It's #RedCupRebellion!
STARBUCKS WORKERS are on STRIKE & standing up to @Starbucks union-busting.
Tell them we're not gonna let another billion-dollar company stand in the way of worker rights!
Call
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@SBWorkersUnited#SolidaritySeason
@SwissportNews LGA airport workers are striking to protest the company’s retaliation against workers who called for “Good Jobs for Good Airports”! #SwissportUSA must respect the law & workers’ right to organize! #GoodJobsGoodAirports
Breaking 🔥We are marching today to demand our fair share @DFWAirport Big corporations can no longer take billions in profits while paying us poverty wages & causing #travelchaos. We demand the Good Jobs for #Goodairports Act now! #solidarityseason
💥UPS BOWS TO TEAMSTER PRESSURE, NEGOTIATIONS TO RESUME NEXT WEEK
As thousands of @UPS#Teamsters practice picket, rall, and mobilize around the country, UPS bowed today to the overwhelming show of Teamster unity and reached out to the union to resume negotiations.
#1u
Let’s pass #FairWages4Health!
Low wages are forcing CA healthcare workers to leave the field.
Hospitals make billions, while patients face long waits and worse care.
We can fix it! Join at https://t.co/8TJUaf9QhL
🚨BREAKING🚨 Workers at Fresenius Antioch, Brentwood Park, & Camarillo just voted to become the first UNION dialysis clinic workers in CA!
These workers are struggling with low wages, heavy workloads & short staffing, while Fresenius made over $2B in profits last year.
Look at what these healthcare CEOs are paid! 😳😳😳
Corporate hospital executives want to get rid of the $25 healthcare worker minimum wage in LA. Don’t sign their misleading petition. Please repost.
#FairWages4Health
Millionaire hospital executives are running a deceptive referendum to take away fair wages for healthcare workers and repeal the $25 healthcare worker minimum wage. Do NOT sign their petition! Help stop wealthy CEOs from cutting healthcare worker pay: https://t.co/QfZdpM78UQ
How much suffering will our health care system dish out? ... Two-thirds of adults with health care debt who’ve had cancer themselves or in their family have cut spending on food, clothing, or other household. basics. https://t.co/po6h5diBxn via @khnews
The wage will cover workers at privately owned hospitals, clinics and acute care facilities. It be adjusted annually for cost of living, and it will prohibit employers from funding the wage increase by laying off workers or reducing benefits or hours.
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Today the City Council voted 9-2 to create a $25 minimum wage for healthcare workers in LA.
With hospitals making huge profits and execs pulling in exorbitant salaries, it would be obscene to require anything less.
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In a new survey of more than 33,000 healthcare workers, respondents report crisis-level staffing shortages at facilities across CA. The results detail the devastating impact on working conditions and patient care. Read more: https://t.co/5vE8YnStMN
Coincidence that @CAgovernor announces this package on the same day he throws nurses and other health care workers under the bus? 🤔🤔
You can’t have it both ways, @GavinNewsom. If you’re serious about the effort to #StopTheSpread, you MUST #ProtectHealthCareWorkers!