May 5, 2021 3:15pm
Healthcare workers will gather at Tenet Healthcare s Fountain Valley Regional Hospital to protest what they describe as poverty wages and hospital safety concerns in a union-backed demonstration. The health system contends that workers issue is with the hospital s vendor. (Getty/Tetiana Lazunova)
Workers from three Tenet Healthcare-owned facilities in Southern California are planning a public demonstration to protest issues around low wages, understaffing and unsafe work conditions.
The rally is set to be held outside of Fountain Valley Regional Hospital from 11:00 a.m. to noon on May 6 and is timed against the for-profit health system’s annual shareholders meeting.
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