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Supervisors press CPMC on implementation of SEIU settlement; management and union dispute pace and tactics
Summary
Committee followed up on the CPMC‑SEIU settlement: CPMC HR said staffing committees and training programs are being implemented and cited enrollments; union witnesses and staff alleged delays, continued contract violations and the use of anti‑organizing consultants and sought enforcement mechanisms and arbitration.
The Board of Supervisors' Government Audit & Oversight Committee resumed a review of labor‑affairs at California Pacific Medical Center on Sept. 11, focusing on implementation of key elements of last year’s SEIU settlement: joint staffing committees, a training and upgrade fund, and mechanisms for fast and fair organizing.
Linda Aviles Isaacs, vice president of human resources at CPMC, described actions the hospital has taken since the agreement: the inclusion of staffing language in the collective bargaining agreement, training classes and tuition‑reimbursement enrollments, and the establishment of joint committees. Isaacs acknowledged some scheduling and coordination issues but said the hospital has begun programs that already reached hundreds of employees and that ongoing roll‑out is under way.
Union representatives and health‑care workers rebutted that account. They told the committee some training commitments had not been implemented jointly as agreed; they said relatively few represented employees had benefited from training tied to the new fund and alleged management actions that discouraged organizing. Witnesses noted an earlier arbitrator ruling finding CPMC culpable in round‑one disputes and raised concerns about CPMC’s use of outside consultants with anti‑union reputations (Management Science Associates). A management consultant who said she was approached by CPMC recounted preliminary talks that did not result in a contract and said CPMC later hired an anti‑union consultant.
Supervisors pressed CPMC to provide documentation of staffing‑committee meetings, training committee outputs, and arbitration arrangements for organizing disputes. The committee recorded public testimony from nurses and other staff reporting ongoing grievance problems and urged CPMC to implement the agreement in both letter and spirit to avoid renewed labor conflict that could affect patient care.
The labor‑affairs item was continued to the call of the chair for further follow‑up and documentation requests.
