
This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA.
On January 8th, the Alameda Health System Board of Directors met to discuss their financial plans for the year. For the third time, AHS workers and Alameda County residents showed up to speak to the board, again demanding that they develop an ethical investment policy. Currently, AHS workers’ retirement funds are invested in weapons manufacturers like Lockheed Martin and L3Harris, using public money to fund violence and genocide in Gaza.
Nurses, physicians, social workers and community members spoke up against this use of their money, emphasizing the absurdity of using our county public health dollars to bomb hospitals on the other side of the world. Over 700 AHS workers have signed a petition demanding that the board develop an ethical investment policy, yet this demand continues to be ignored by the AHS Board of Directors. Despite the board’s inaction, AHS workers will not give up this fight. If you have not yet signed the petition, you can read and sign it here:
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