Chairman Joe Martinez grants our union’s request for a public hearing as hundreds of Jackson employees, patients and community supporters rally on March 6th outside the Miami-Dade Commission Meeting!
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Statement From President Martha Baker, RN, Regarding Jackson Layoffs
“We are appalled with today’s announcement of massive layoffs at Jackson. This is what you get when you hire a billionaire banker and then cut him loose to take a chainsaw to healthcare in Miami-Dade County. It’s unbelievable that he wouldn’t consult the nurses, doctors and healthcare professionals — who have sacrificed out of their pockets to keep Jackson afloat — about how his plan to ‘right size’ the system might harm patient care. We have no idea how Mr. Migoya thinks patient care can be maintained with such drastic cuts to frontline caregivers.” – SEIU Local 1991 President Martha Baker, RN
SEIU Local 1991 Members Ratify 3-Year Contract!
Jackson’s nurses, healthcare professionals and attending physicians approved a three-year contract agreement where carergivers will sacrifice an annual $52 million that will help pave the way for Jackson’s recovery and sustainability.
Tentative Agreement Reached!
Above: President Martha Baker, RN, shakes hands with Jackson CFO Mark Knight at the end of today’s bargaining session. Ratification voting will take place February 14, 15, and 16, 2012.
The Miami Herald: Educators, healthcare workers say state should increase revenue, not cut spending
Check out coverage in The Miami Herald of our press conference in Tallahassee during Day Two of our Nurse Lobby Day!
Why Is Carlos Migoya Out to Destroy Jackson?
Be sure to attend our upcoming bargaining session on Thursday, Jan. 26th at 10 a.m, DTC 270!
Caregivers Beg Management to Rethink Furloughs — “This Is Demoralizing”
More than 200 Jackson caregivers packed DTC 270 on Thursday, Dec. 22nd to discuss the disastrous effects of furloughs with Chief Nursing Executive Ric Cuming and other hospital administrators.
Members to Migoya: “Furloughs Aren’t Working”
About 40 members wearing purple Save Jackson t-shirts stood behind President Martha Baker, RN, as she presented over 1500 petition signatures and recounted several alarming stories of potentially dangerous staffing, dissatisfied patients and long wait times due to furloughs at today’s Financial Recovery Board meeting.
Look Out for Our Save Jackson Billboard in Miami-Dade County!
Look for a giant billboard with our Save Jackson message rolling through the streets of Miami-Dade County! We continue to promote our message to KEEP JACKSON PUBLIC in our community!
Maybe Migoya Should Stay Home!
Millionaire Banker Carlos Migoya has it all: Smart, well-connected, very rich … In fact, he is now the highest paid public official in Miami-Dade County, with an annual salary of more than $600,000. But this banker — appointed through community connections and back door chats — is running our public hospital into the ground. Migoya has no prior experience in managing a hospital, yet he is in charge of Jackson Health System, Miami’s Medical Miracle.