Stockton native Erica Heyne was one of about 20 demonstrators who gathered outside Dameron Hospital on Friday morning to support the hospital’s union healthcare workers, some of whom fear they could be looking for new employment in the near future.
A local healthcare workers’ union has accused the hospital of outsourcing jobs and negotiating in bad faith during ongoing labor talks.
An organizer with the North Valley Labor Federation, a regional coalition of labor unions that advocates for workers’ rights, Heyne says the hospital needs to think about how the issue extends beyond contract negotiations and affects the broader community…