Health care workers are on strike Monday morning at Sutter Delta Medical Center in Antioch over short staffing and unfair labor practices, union officials said.
Protestors rallied at Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in Oakland on Wednesday to pressure Sutter Health on behalf of patients and workers who are affected by high health care prices and short staffing.
The Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West, or SEIU-UHW, promoted the rally in protest of Sutter Health’s purported neglect toward health care quality despite accumulating more than $800 million during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a rally flyer.
“While we continue to bargain in good faith and support our healthcare workers as they care for our communities, we are disappointed that SEIU chose to take this unnecessary action,” said Sutter Health spokesperson Monique Binkley Smith in an email. “We remain focused on reaching a shared resolution and continuing to provide safe, compassionate patient care.”
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S.F. teachers and grocery store workers, now eligible for vaccine, still may have to wait weeks
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A San Francisco man receives the coronavirus vaccine at the city’s mass vaccination site at City College in January. Even though more people in the city are now eligible for the vaccine, they may wait weeks for a shot as second doses are prioritized.Nick Otto / Special to The Chronicle
Even as San Francisco moves to expand vaccine eligibility Wednesday to 168,000 teachers, grocery store employees and emergency responders who live or work in the city, some may find they cannot get their first-dose shots for another two or three weeks.