Temecula Valley Hospital healthcare workers gather out front of the hospital to observe a parade of cars with people sharing their appreciation for staff organized by the Temecula Valley Balloon & Wine Festival, April 24. Valley News/Shane Gibson photo
RIVERSIDE (CNS) - A planned walkout involving more than 300 unionized
healthcare workers at a west Riverside hospital will not go forward as planned
today, following word that a tentative collective bargaining agreement was
cinched.Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West
had announced Monday that all 334 members working at Doctors Hospital of
Riverside would be taking to the picket lines at 6 this morning for a 24-hour
strike to raise awareness about problems with staffing, low wages and other
issues under negotiation.However, as of Wednesday afternoon, negotiators for SEIU-UHW and
hospital owner AHMC in Alhambra reached a compromise that included concessions
that the union was seeking, according to officials.One of the key elements of the
