On the first day of October, 2,000 healthcare workers at Catholic Health’s Mercy Hospital walked off the job after failing to reach a deal with management on a new contract before it expired, Health Care Dive reports.
The company the hospital hired to provide replacement workers to care for patients and provide security services while striking staff are on the picket line is not properly credentialed, according to the office of the state attorney general.
The cease and desist letter asks the agency to stop providing services to the hospital either as an employment agency or security agency, and to make sure replacement workers do not interfere with the rights of picketers. Read more.
