California Nurses Association files complaint alleging discrimination against Filipinos at Bay Area hospital

Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Los Angeles Times, August 19, 2010 The California Nurses Assn. has filed a class-action grievance against Sacramento-based Sutter Health and the company’s California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco, alleging that hospital managers refused to hire Filipino nurses. On Thursday, union officials and Bay Area Filipino activists called on the San Francisco Human Rights Commission to investigate the discrimination claims. Three former managers at California Pacific Medical Center, which also operates Saint Luke’s Hospital, submitted statements to the commission alleging that between 2007 and 2009, supervisors told them not to hire ... California