Over 1,000 Sharp Chula Vista health care workers vote to unionize

Rhea Caoile
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SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Following ongoing concerns regarding wages, staffing shortages and safety, 58% of health care workers at Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center have voted to join a union of more than 100,000 others across California.

On Wednesday and Thursday, more than 1,100 health care workers at the Sharp Chula Vista location voted to join SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West (SEIU-UHW), according to a release from the union on Friday.

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The release stated the staff joined 1,600 workers at Sharp Grossmont Hospital and Sharp HospiceCare who unionized last year, along with 550 Planned Parenthood workers and seven groups of San Diego-area dialysis workers.

The union said workers at Sharp Grossmont Hospital are currently in the process of contract bargaining with Sharp HealthCare management.

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According to the union, the health care workers at Sharp’s Chula Vista location are the 11th group in the San Diego area to join SEIU-UHW. The group included certified nursing assistants, licensed vocational nurses, patient transporters, lab technicians and more.

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