Jun 122013
Layoffs part of plans to privatize nine of ten hospitals run by Louisiana State University.
from World Socialist Web Site
"Louisiana’s Civil Service Commission voted 3-to-2 Monday to allow the privatization plans for four south Louisiana hospitals to go ahead. The measure will result in just over 3,500 layoffs of state employees, overturning the Civil Service protections covering the vast majority.
"The hospitals, run by Louisiana State University, include the Leonard Chabert Medical Center in Houma, the University Medical Center in Lafayette, the W.O. Moss Regional Medical Center in Lake Charles, and the Interim Hospital in New Orleans. They are part of a list of LSU hospitals targeted for privatization by governor Bobby Jindal. …"
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