pht meeting march 9

At the March 9th PHT Board meeting, President Martha Baker, RN, told Jackson’s administrators that cutting employee salaries is not a solution to solving the public hospital system’s financial crisis.
“How dare you pick on your employees who have been holding up these walls when everything else is broken,” Baker told board members at the meeting, adding that employee pay cuts would only add up to about $10 million in savings for a system facing a $230 million deficit this year.

“We are not going to put money into a sieve,” Baker said.
This Friday, SEIU 1991 is bringing in a team of healthcare operations experts to work with Jackson’s administrators to assess the system’s financial state. “We are caregivers,” Baker said. “When someone is bleeding to death, we don’t do anything until we assess. We want to bring real solutions to the table for a system that’s failing.”

Jackson's recovery plan,
which includes 4,400 layoffs and
the closing of Jackson North and South,
is totally unacceptable!
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President Martha Baker, RN, Testifies at Special Board of County Commissioners Meeting

President Martha Baker, RN, spoke about the need to make
Jackson more efficient at a special Board of County Commission meeting on March 4. Click Here to Read the Story!

A Partnership for a Better Jackson

Find out more about this important development and watch video from the Feb. 26 press conference at JMH!

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February 24, 2010

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Jackson Layoffs: A Statement From President Martha Baker, RN

We need to get to the bottom of the problems at Jackson. No employee should be cut until Jackson figures out how to produce and collect on bills.

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SEIU Local 1991 Requests Grand Jury Investigation of Jackson Health System

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Jackson Layoffs: Victims of a Financial Mess

Now You $ee It, Now You Don't...

First, it was $45 million...Then last week it was $80 million ...Now Jackson execs say they “think” the budget shortfall is $229 million ... but they’re not sure! Read More …

Heroes in HaitiA second team of Local 1991 members traveled to Haiti on Wed., Jan. 27 as part of our union's ongoing Haiti Relief effort. To learn more about these dedicated nurses and to find out the latest information on our Haiti trips, visit our "Heroes in Haiti" page.

Patient Care at Jackson is at Stake

As nurses, doctors and healthcare professionals, we are the internal watchdogs of the public’s healthcare dollars at Jackson Health System. On a daily basis we see where money can be saved, systems improved and quality increased, yet our suggestions seem to get lost in a political bureaucracy.

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Occupational Therapists Travel to Haiti

Occupational Therapists Delia Rivero and Elisa Priscal discuss what type of care they will give to the people of Haiti during their Jan. 27 trip. They were interviewed at Miami International Airport.