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| Reagan's "Peacekeeper" |
Here's more
news about SEIU-UHW's secret deal with the California Hospital Association (CHA).
According to
a
complaint that NUHW recently
filed with California Attorney
General Kamala Harris, SEIU-UHW and hospital CEOs recently set up a corporate
entity to implement the terms of their secret partnership deal. The new corporation is responsible for enforcing the gag clauses
that reportedly block workers from reporting patient-care violations to local,
state, and federal agencies.
The corporation is governed by a board of directors that includes Regan
and hospital CEOs.
What to call the newly formed company responsible for gagging tens of thousands of hospital workers?
Well, Regan and
his pin-striped industry pals decided to borrow a page from Ronald Reagan’s playbook by naming their new corporation "Caring for Californians."
In the
1980s, Reagan famously named a newly developed U.S. intercontinental ballistic
missile, which carries up to ten 300-kiloton nuclear warheads, "The Peacekeeper."
Here's a
letter printed on "Caring for Californians" letterhead. The company's
office is located in the same building as the California Hospital Association. Both
Reagan and the CHA's CEO Duane
Dauner signed the letter as the "Co-Chairs" of "Caring for
Californians."
The letter also notes that Greg
Adams (the President of Kaiser Permanente’s Northern California Region)
is the "Treasurer" of "Caring for Californians." More
records are below.
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| Arianna Jimenez |
Here are two filings that "Caring for Californians" made with the California
Secretary of State, including its "Articles of Incorporation."
The
documents again name Duane Dauner and Kaiser's Greg Adams as key officers of
the new company.
One of the records also names SEIU-UHW's Arianna Jimenez as the "Secretary" of the company.
Jimenez is UHW’s "Statewide Political Director" and a member of the
union's "Executive Committee."
