The chant could be heard from Safeway, just down the block from the scene in front of Granada Rehabilitation Center, where staff and local in-home caregivers were demonstrating. About 30 people gathered in front of the senior care living center on Harris Street in Eureka after having lobbied the Board of Supervisors, and the union’s rally cry echoed, “Hey, hey, ho, ho, corporate greed has got to go!” A morale-booster, a remnant from the worst period of the pandemic for healthcare workers, the banner still hung on the front of the facility proudly proclaiming that “HEROES WALK THROUGH THESE DOORS” and provided the lively union protest with an ironic backdrop as the megaphones put the exclaimed support for workers.
Granada Rehabilitation Center and Seaview Rehabilitation Center both provide elders in Humboldt County with live-in healthcare services and end of life palliative care in congregate living arrangements which are owned by a Los Angeles based company, Rockport Healthcare Services. According to union members with the SEIU 2015 who were in attendance, wages are inadequate to support staff, both for personnel – contributing to a higher turnover rate – but also when it comes to incentivizing and motivating new hires. In an effort to secure a living wage, and to stabilize the employee turnover rate, SEIU 2015 members are bringing their grievances to the attention of the public, starting with the Board of Supervisors on yesterday.
In Humboldt County alone, the SEUI 2015...
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