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HCA workers push for higher pay and more staffing amid billions in profits: ‘I’m struggling’
Despite reporting $6.8bn in profits, HCA Healthcare, a major for-profit hospital system, faces union protests from its employees. Union workers are holding picket protests across the country to negotiate new contracts. They are demanding pay increases, improved wage scales, and staffing improvements, specifically citing a pathway to a $25 an hour minimum wage.
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