After years of scrutiny for the high salaries it pays top executives – and its more recent pattern of offering large compensation packages to former bigwigs while offering little compensation to rank-and-file workers when their jobs are cut – this week workers at PeaceHealth had cause for celebration.
After forming their union with SEIU Local 49, 1,100 caregivers win a first contract that includes significant wages increases, affordable healthcare, staffing improvements and more.
But health officials want to flesh out a compelling vision and plans for sharing resources together with setting a dollar amount to fund public health modernization.
