FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
July 6, 2023
Media Contact: Maria Leal, [email protected]
OAKLAND, Calif. – Healthcare workers across California will picket at 12 Tenet Healthcare facilities to call for additional support in the workplace starting July 11. The pickets will take place at facilities owned by Tenet Healthcare. These workers are part of what is expected to be tens of thousands of healthcare workers picketing this summer. Workers from four Prime Healthcare facilities in Southern California also start their pickets the same day.
After years of battling the COVID pandemic, healthcare workers are calling on management to provide additional support to retain and attract more caregivers to the industry.
“We are simply asking for additional support to improve working conditions. We put our lives at risk during the pandemic and were called ‘heroes,” said Bridgette Lamere, Respiratory Therapist, Tenet Emmanuel Medical Center. “We are calling on our employers to increase their investments in workers to ensure the additional support of healthcare workers, our patients, and our entire communities.”
DETAILS FOR PRESS:
Tenet Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center
Tuesday, July 11, 11:30 am – 1:30 pm
1010 Murray Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405
Tenet Doctors Hospital of Manteca
Wednesday, July 12, 11:00 am – 7:00 pm
1205 E North St, Manteca, CA 95336
Tenet Lakewood Regional Medical Center
Wednesday, 12, 7:00 am – 9:00 am – 11:00 am – 2:00 pm
3700 E South St, Lakewood, CA 90712
Tenet Emanuel Medical Center
Tuesday, July 18, 11:00 am – 7:00 pm
825 Delbon Avenue Turlock, CA 95382
Tenet Los Alamitos Medical Center
Wednesday, July 19, 11:30 am – 1:30 pm
3751 Katella Ave, Los Alamitos, CA 90720
Tenet Twin Cities Community Hospital
Wednesday, July 19, 11:30 am – 1:30 pm
1100 Las Tablas Rd, Templeton, CA 93465
Tenet San Ramon Regional Medical Center
Friday, July 21, 11:30 am – 1:30 pm
6001 Norris Canyon Rd, San Ramon, CA 94583
Tenet Desert Regional Medical Center
Tuesday, July 25, 7:00 am – 9:00 am
1150 N Indian Canyon Dr, Palm Springs, CA 92262
Tenet Doctors Medical Center of Modesto
Tuesday, July 25, 7:00 am – 4:00 pm
1441 Florida Ave, Modesto, CA 95350
Tenet John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital
Wednesday, July 26, 7:00 am – 9:00 am
47111 Monroe St, Indio, CA 92201
Tenet Placentia Linda Hospital
Wednesday, July 26, 11:30 am – 1:30 pm
1301 N Rose Dr, Placentia, CA 92870
Tenet Hi-Desert Medical Center
Thursday, July 27, 7:00 am – 9:00 am
6601 White Feather Rd, Joshua Tree, CA 92252
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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.