The labor union initiated the effort due to statewide staffing shortages and said the increase would reduce turnover at hospitals. “I don’t see any logic in putting it on the ballot for that reason.” For us to put this on the ballot would be a waste of our money,” Councilman Roberto Uranga said at the meeting. However, city officials determined doing so would cost as much as $150,000 and voted to adopt the raise instead. The union launched petitions in nine cities and gathered thousands of signatures in Long Beach to put the issue on the Nov. The effort was led by Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West, a labor union representing over a hundred thousand health care workers in California. “This minimum wage increase is about respect and dignity for all of our health care workers.” “Just the sacrifices that so many of you have made over the past two and a half years, you deserve to be fairly compensated,” Councilwoman Cindy Allen told health care workers who attended the council meeting Tuesday. The new wage will take effect a month after Garcia’s signature.Īccording to city officials, facilities that are subject to the change include privately-owned hospitals, clinics, acute psychiatric hospitals, dialysis clinics, and psychiatric health facilities, as well as integrated health systems-in which doctors, hospitals, and facilities are organized under one company.
When this legislation hits my desk, I’ll sign it into law,” Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia wrote on Twitter. This is “ historic and important step forward for these heroes. The new policy applies to workers from private health care facilities including clinicians, certified nursing assistants, janitors, technicians, and laundry workers.
2 to boost the city’s minimum wage for health care workers from $15 to $25 per hour-a 67 percent increase. The Long Beach City Council voted unanimously Aug.
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