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Breaking News
Honoring workers: County supervisor spends day working at hospital
From flipping omelets in the cafeteria to walking the halls with nurses, Monterey County Supervisor Fernando Armenta spent a day May 10 working alongside hospital workers at Natividad Medical Center in Salinas. The event was in observance of Hospital Week, held May 6-12, which is a time to recognize all contributions of hospital employees throughout our county. It also coincides with National Nurses Week and Public Service Recognition Week.
NMC moves closer to SVMH affiliation
Editorial: Natividad stepping up to new challenges
Blue Cross: Do the right thing!
Mega-insurer covers 80 percent of Monterey County and is using its clout to maximize profits at the community’s expense. What can you do? Add your name to the petition to demand that Blue Cross negotiate a fair contract and bring affordable healthcare to county residents, workers and businesses.
Meetings & Events
Monthly NMC Membership Meeting
When: Last Wednesday of each month at 4:30 p.m.
Where: Natividad Medical Center, Natividad Room
2012 Steward Training Workshops
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Governance Change
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Governance Change Update – Dec. 21 (PDF)
Governance Change Update – Oct. 13
521 members are actively engaged in lobby efforts with the Monterey County Board of Supervisors to remain a part of our governance change process; to ensure health services and workers are not negatively impacted; and to ensure workers’ rights and negotiated benefits are protected.
Read more and see how you can get involved.
Monterey County moving to change who will govern NMC
The Board of Supervisors voted in July to rapidly move forward with plan to remove Natividad Medical Center from under Monterey County’s oversight, and create a “Public Authority” to oversee NMC instead. The change in oversight is being called a “governance change.”
This timeline for this change is now Nov. 1, 2012.
NMC survey results
SEIU 521 members completed surveys regarding the change. Members overwhelmingly identified these concerns:
- Job security and retirement
- The ability of NMC to provide high quality care for the community and engage with the patients on the Governance Change
Members also expressed their strong interest in having a voice in the legislation and the county ordinance that will create the Public Authority.
Meet the NMC member committe
Members assembled an NMC Committee to ensure that the governance change goes smoothly and protects NMC employees and the community. Our NMC Committee is here to answer our questions regarding the change and what it means to us.
Our NMC Committee members:
Randy Birss – Engineering
Pat Butcher – Specialty Clinics
Enid Donato – Managed Care/ Financial Counseling
Emile Glenny – Specialty Clinics
Linda Luna-Specialty Clinics
Mike Rossi – Radiology
Irene Zenk – Administrative Services
“It is vital that we continue to meet and discuss goals and principles as the governance change goes forward. This change will have a great impact on NMC employees and the community. We must ensure that we have a voice in how this change is shaped.”
–Enid Donato, NMC Committee Member