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Oakland Children's Hospital Workers Protest Against Service Cuts
"We're out here because we're concerned UCSF is not taking into account the community's needs," Schalit said.
January 26, 2023
Hundreds of union workers at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland were expected to demonstrate throughout the day Wednesday to protest what they say is an erosion of services at the hospital amid a projected $200 million budget shortfall at UCSF Health.
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About 1,200 workers at the hospital and its satellite clinics are represented by the National Union of Healthcare Workers, which organized Wednesday's demonstration that started at about 11 a.m.
Staff in one department is half of what it used to be since the University of California at San Francisco became affiliated with Children's Hospital Oakland in 2014, a marriage family therapist demonstrating Wednesday said. Jackie Schalit, a 20-year hospital veteran who works in the early intervention services department, said the department had 40 staff and is down to 19.
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