UPMC’s Healthcare Workers Announce Strike to Demand $20/Hour, Safer Staffing, and the Right to Form Their Union
UPMC’s hidden “healthcare heroes” will walk off the job, joining workers all over the country demanding employers pay living wages and respect their union rights Pittsburgh, PA – Noviembre 5, 2021 – At a press conference this morning surrounded by elected officials,...Senator Lindsey M. Williams Statement on UPMC/Highmark Contract Announcement
Harrisburg, Pa. − Junio 24, 2019 −Senator Lindsey M. Williams released the following statement in response on UPMC/Highmark contract announcement: “Today’s announcement that UPMC and Highmark have entered into a 10-year contract to provide services to all...Sen. Williams Statement on UPMC Non-Profit Status
UPMC is not living up to the responsibilities that it has as a tax exempt, non-profit entity here in Pittsburgh. We have given UPMC the status of a non-profit and allowed them to operate without paying taxes—money that could be used to fund our schools and improve our infrastructure, to support our fire departments and protect our parks. Instead, this money has gone to support a company that will now deny health services to a large portion of the population. I support Attorney General Shapiro’s continuing legal efforts to extend the consent decrees and to show that UPMC has violated the state Charities Act and Consumer Protection Law. I also fully support the legislative efforts in the Senate to require UPMC and Highmark to contract fairly with one another to the benefit of all patients here in Allegheny County.