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Supervisors grill Sutter CPMC absence as caregivers say post‑strike commitments go unfilled
Summary
At a Board of Supervisors oversight hearing, union leaders and CPMC caregivers alleged that California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC) has failed to implement commitments from last winter’s UHW settlement, accusing CPMC of using a merger review as a pretext to avoid testimony; the hearing was continued to Sept. 11.
Chair Supervisor Tom Ammiano opened a Government Audit & Oversight Committee hearing on staffing and labor compliance at Sutter’s California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC), noting representatives from CPMC and CPMC‑Sutter had declined to appear because of an attorney general review of a proposed merger.
Supervisor Aaron Peskin framed the committee’s goal as checking whether CPMC had honored three post‑strike commitments: functioning staffing committees, a jointly administered training and upgrade fund, and a guarantee not to interfere with organizing. Peskin said the hospital’s absence “is not limited to just the merger” and…
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