Greater than 500 dialysis staff throughout California are anticipated to go on strike this week over allegedly unfair labor practices at Satellite tv for pc Healthcare and Fresenius Kidney Care clinics.
Ninety-nine p.c of staff voted to strike on Sept. 25 and 26 at clinics in cities like San Jose, Gilroy and Brentwood, citing issues over administration placing each dialysis clinic employees and sufferers in danger with a purpose to enhance income, in keeping with a press launch from SEIU-United Healthcare Staff West. Staff are additionally anticipated to strike at places in Southern California.
“We spend extra time with our sufferers and coworkers than our personal households, and so they know we’re chronically understaffed and underpaid,” Manny Gonzalez, a licensed hemodialysis technician at Fresenius Kidney Care Juniper Fontana stated in a press release. “Fresenius is making an attempt to maintain us silent as a result of they’re afraid of us standing collectively, and so they know that our sufferers are supporting us on this struggle.”
The union alleged that in response to dialysis staff making an attempt to enhance security circumstances, administration has been “threatening and intimidating caregivers, (and) firing staff for making an attempt to type a union and talking out to enhance affected person care.”
The strike will embody dialysis staff in quite a few roles together with registered nurses, social staff, receptionists and authorized medical hemodialysis technicians.
Satellite tv for pc and Fresenius didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark Sunday.
Bay Space places affected Monday:
Satellite tv for pc Healthcare Gilroy
8095 Camino Arroyo St., Suite 100 Gilroy, CA 95020
Satellite tv for pc Healthcare Headquarters
300 Santana Row #300, San Jose, CA 95128
Bay Space places affected Tuesday:
Fresenius Kidney Care Brentwood Park
4510 Ohara Ave Suite B Brentwood, CA 94513
Satellite tv for pc Healthcare Blossom Valley
1450 Kooser Highway San Jose, CA 95118
