NURSES PICKET VALLEY HOSPITAL; ONE-DAY STRIKE PROTESTS PAY, WORKING CONDITIONS.Byline: Ben Sullivan Daily News Staff Writer In what organizers : Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A
Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. , about 120 nurses and other health care professionals picketed outside Tarzana Regional Medical Center on Tuesday, demanding better pay and working conditions. The nurses are members of the American Federation of Nurses, a division of the Service Employees International Union. Their contract with the medical center expired ex·pire v. ex·pired, ex·pir·ing, ex·pires v.intr. 1. To come to an end; terminate: My membership in the club has expired. 2. Monday after six weeks of talks aimed at crafting a new contract collapsed last week. ``Maybe this is the start of what's needed to get back to the table,'' said Ann ANN, Scotch law. Half a year's stipend over and above what is owing for the incumbency due to a minister's relict, or child, or next of kin, after his decease. Wishaw. Also, an abbreviation of annus, year; also of annates. In the old law French writers, ann or rather an, signifies a year. Clarke, president of the local union chapter and a registered nurse at the center. Clark and her colleagues were joined by a handful of workers from Encino Hospital, where nurses are trying to gain similar union representation. Both facilities are owned by Santa Barbara-based Tenet Healthcare Tenet Healthcare Corporation (THC) is an operating company that owns and operates 57 hospitals in the United States [1]. It is based in Dallas, Texas. Its stock ticker symbol on the New York Stock Exchange is NYSE: THC. Corp. Management of the Tarzana facility said Tuesday they have already made their best offer to the nurses, dietitian dietitian /di·e·ti·tian/ (di?e-tish´in) one skilled in the use of diet in health and disease. di·e·ti·tian or di·e·ti·cian n. A person specializing in dietetics. , case managers and other employees represented by the 420-member unit. Beyond changing the way the offer is packaged, officials said, there is little room to bend. Dale Surowitz, the center's chief executive, said management has offered employees a package of pay increases that would amount to roughly a 6 percent boost over the next two years. ``The offer we're putting on the table is very, very good,'' Surowitz said. The nurses at Tarzana are among the best-paid in the region, he said. But union members argue that because there has been a pay policy in place for the past five years that effectively froze froze v. Past tense of freeze. froze Verb the past tense of freeze froze, frozen freeze the pay of many employees, a 6 percent raise is too small. ``The center made $16.7 million net income in 1997,'' Clark said. ``They're doing good and we think we're a big part of why they're doing good. The hospital's booming.'' Surowitz said he expected to be back in touch with union representatives in the coming days to get talks started again. If no contract is reached, the nurses say they will likely hold similar daylong day·long adj. Lasting through the whole day. adv. Through the day; all day. Adj. 1. daylong - lasting through an entire day strikes once a month until a settlement is reached. Daily operations at the medical center were unaffected by Tuesday's strike. Nurses gave management 10 days notice of their plan to demonstrate and the center was able to bring in temporary help to fill in, Surowitz said. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO (Color) Nurses and other members of the Service Employees International Union demonstrate Tuesday outside Tarzana Regional Medical Center. Gus Ruelas/Daily News |
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