This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Highland Hospital in Oakland, CA.
The administration was trying to limit our ability to organize with our coworkers by doing this over the holidays, when workers are out of town or visiting family. They were planning on immediately taking away workers’ badge access and putting them on administrative leave so we wouldn’t be able to organize with each other. This would have put us into an unnecessary and immediate staffing crisis just so management could avoid a backlash.
But now that the notices have been delayed, we have more time to prepare for the fight ahead. We need to show management that we will organize and stand up for each other year round! Let’s give them a piece of our mind at the Board of Trustees meetings January 7th and 14th at 5pm, and the Board of Supervisors meeting January 20th at 9:30am (come early to meet up with coworkers).
And let’s also use the next 2 weeks to talk with coworkers about what we think needs to be done. If we want to save our jobs we can’t take a backseat to the action or wait for others to tell us what to do. It will be up to us to come up with solutions for responding in our departments and system wide. Use the season as a reason to meet with coworkers and get to planning!
Click here to read the article printed in the 12-24-25 Healthcare Newsletter
