BURBANK - Management at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center and the union that represents its employees have discussed bringing in a federal mediator to help move stalled contract negotiations forward, but it won't be in time for a planned one-day strike at 6 a.m. on June 12.
The 1,500 employees represented by the SEIU United Healthcare Workers-West and SEIU Local 121RN -- announced last month that they will protest unfair labor practices and call on the hospital to work with its employees on issues affecting patient care. Caregivers have been negotiating with the hospital since February over safe staffing protections, job security, training and education, fair pay and a secure retirement. The union says these standards have been adopted by every other major California hospital system.
Source: LA Daily News - Hospital strike in Burbank set for June 12
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