SAN JOSE, Calif., June 30 /PRNewswire/ --
What: O’Connor Hospital Workers Rally for Quality Care, Jobs When: July 1st, 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Where: O’Connor Hospital 2105 Forest Ave. San Jose
On Thursday, July 1st, O’Connor Hospital workers and patient care advocates will call upon hospital management, the Daughters of Charity, to institute the same patient care and job standards at their facility as have been put into place at Kaiser and Catholic Healthcare West’s California hospitals. Workers from St. Louise Regional Hospital in Gilroy, O’Connor Hospital in San Jose, Seton Medical Center in Daly City and Seton Coastside in Moss Beach will take time out at their respective worksites to rally for quality patient care and jobs at Daughters of Charity facilities on Thursday.
California hospitals have been plagued with ongoing problems such as understaffing, high turnover and difficulties recruiting and retaining qualified staff. In order to address these issues, other regional hospital corporations such as Catholic Healthcare West and Kaiser Permanente have adopted a set of common-sense solutions that include an education and training fund for hospital employees, improved retirement benefits and other important issues that would improve the quality of patient care and jobs at California hospitals.
“It’s mind-boggling to me that a hospital with a mission of taking care of the poor can’t find a way to keep quality caregivers around,” said Tracey Garces, an obstetrical technician at O’Connor Hospital. “If a hospital corporation wants to provide quality care, they have to retain dedicated staff and be interested in training and developing the staff they do have. Catholic Healthcare West and Kaiser Permanente have contracts that encourage quality employees to stick around, and it’s time for the Daughters of Charity to make those same improvements to job standards and patient care.”
With over 95,000 members, SEIU 250 is the largest and fastest-growing healthcare union in the Western U.S. We represent every type of healthcare worker, including nursing, professional, technical, paramedic and service classifications. Our mission is to achieve high-quality healthcare for all.
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