Some people living in South Los Angeles are worried that budget cuts will reduce the role of Centinela Hospital Center in Inglewood.
Since its takeover in 2007- Prime Healthcare services has fired more than 220 of its seventeen hundred employees.
Prime has closed seven of Centinela’s 13 operating rooms and canceled most of its private insurance contracts.
Prime says the cuts have been able to keep the hospital financially afloat.
State data shows that Centinela Hospital was unprofitable for years before Prime’s buyout and the previous owner considered shutting down the hospital.
State and federal data show Prime hospitals score above average on patient safety and treatment outcomes.
Still, many Inglewood residents are going to other hospitals.
Chief Executive of the Venice Family Clinic Liz Forer says she has seen a 15 percent increase in patients from Inglewood.
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Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
LA City Council is Demanding LAX Hilton to raise its Employees Wages
The L-A-X Hilton is challenging the legality of having to pay airport-area hotel employees a “living wage.”
The law requires hotels near L-A-X to pay its employees a minimum of nine dollars and 39 cents per hour with health insurance.
Or pay employees ten dollars and 64 cents per hour without benefits.
The lawsuit claims the ordinance violates the National Labor Relations Act and state equal protection guarantees.
Spokesman for L-A-X Hilton-- Rueben Gonzales says specific hotels are being unfairly treated by this ordinance.
Gonzales says the main objection is that the city has unfairly targeted a law that only affects twelve businesses on one street.
So that any other business even a block away from the street that is a competitor of the Hilton does not have to follow the same law and it’s not fair.
The lawsuit makes clear that the law violates state and federal guarantees to equal protection under the law.
Hotel General Manager Grant Coonley says the city can not force wages when the company has no financial or contractual relationship with the city.
Council members Janice Hahn and Bill Rosendahl disagree.
They say the city spends Millions of dollars to upgrade L-AX and hotels near the airport receive added business because of its proximity.
The L-A City Council approved the “living wage” ordinance back in February of 2007.
However, the law has never been in effect because of challenges from hotel owners and business leaders.
The law requires hotels near L-A-X to pay its employees a minimum of nine dollars and 39 cents per hour with health insurance.
Or pay employees ten dollars and 64 cents per hour without benefits.
The lawsuit claims the ordinance violates the National Labor Relations Act and state equal protection guarantees.
Spokesman for L-A-X Hilton-- Rueben Gonzales says specific hotels are being unfairly treated by this ordinance.
Gonzales says the main objection is that the city has unfairly targeted a law that only affects twelve businesses on one street.
So that any other business even a block away from the street that is a competitor of the Hilton does not have to follow the same law and it’s not fair.
The lawsuit makes clear that the law violates state and federal guarantees to equal protection under the law.
Hotel General Manager Grant Coonley says the city can not force wages when the company has no financial or contractual relationship with the city.
Council members Janice Hahn and Bill Rosendahl disagree.
They say the city spends Millions of dollars to upgrade L-AX and hotels near the airport receive added business because of its proximity.
The L-A City Council approved the “living wage” ordinance back in February of 2007.
However, the law has never been in effect because of challenges from hotel owners and business leaders.
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