This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Highland Hospital in Oakland, CA.
Is AHS delaying layoff announcements because what they have been trying to do is illegal?
According to California’s Beilenson’s Act, county boards are required to hold public hearings before making major changes to healthcare services at county facilities. We all know that they have done no such thing! Is AHS afraid that if employees and the public use their legal right to make comment on these changes, that they would oppose the reduction of services and closing of facilities?
AHS also needs to follow seniority when laying off SEIU employees, which they’ve admitted they haven’t done. We need to keep reminding AHS that the MOU is a legally binding contract!
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