Check this
out.
A source has
sent a second excerpt
from an internal conference call held recently by the California Hospital Association regarding its secret
deal with SEIU-UHW, which is the
subject of a
complaint submitted to California Attorney General Kamala Harris.
The new
recording is quite revealing.
We hear a
description -- direct from top execs inside the hospital industry's Chamber of
Commerce -- of the basic terms of the secret deal between hospital CEOs and SEIU-UHW’s
Dave Regan.
According to
the recording, the SEIU-CHA deal is basically a 'money-for-workers' transaction.
SEIU-UHW must
deliver $4.4 billion a year in new taxpayer-funded Medicaid revenues to
California’s hospital corporations… which are already enjoying big profits. (Last
week, Kaiser Permanente reported $2 billion
in profits during the first six months of 2015.)
And in
return for delivering this enormous sum to the bosses ($4.4 billion), SEIU-UHW can
basically purchase the right to unionize tens of thousands of California
hospital workers. The workers would then be subject to stripped-down wages and
benefits, a gag clause, and limited workplace rights.
(Note: In
California, Medicaid is referred to as "Medi-Cal.")
