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“This new agreement means that not one pharmacy worker will lose her or his job,” Cinnamon Amenes, an SEIU worker Kaiser’s Vallejo medical center who served on the SEIU-UHW bargaining team, said in SEIU’s Sept. 29 statement. Kaiser, meanwhile, explained late Tuesday that it had agreed to the deal, which still requires ratification by union members, to gain more flexibility in how it assigns jobs and shifts to the affected Northern California pharmacy workers.

The Service Employees International Union’s Oakland-based United Healthcare Workers West unit said Tuesday it has reached a compromise agreement with Kaiser Permanente that will preserve 150 pharmacy jobs in Northern California that had been targeted for layoffs.

The union, which represents 150,000 hospital and other health care workers in the western United States, said a 15-member SEIU-UHW bargaining team reached an agreement with Kaiser last week that requires management and the union to agree jointly on any changes in how 1,100 SEIU pharmacy workers in Northern California are deployed.

Management also agreed to withdraw the 150 layoff notices it had sent to some of those workers, the union said, noting that the agreement will now be put to a ratification vote among the affected members.

In a statement late Tuesday, Kaiser said the agreement with SEIU, which involves pharmacy technicians and clerks, illustrates “exactly the kind of flexibility Kaiser Permanente needs.”

Henry Diaz, Kaiser’s director of employee and labor relations for Northern California, said it reached out to the union several weeks ago to find a compromise under which Kaiser could place the pharmacy technicians and clerks where they’re needed most, “by re-balancing schedules, shifts, and locations, reducing overtime, and flexing our staffing … to meet the seasonal demands of pharmacy operations.”

Kaiser confirmed in mid-August it would be cutting roughly 1,200 union jobs as it continued to struggle with enrollment losses and the tough economic environment. At the same time, Kaiser also confirmed published reports that another 650 jobs would be cut in Southern California.

SEIU said Sept. 29 that the new pharmacy agreement came after its members picketed Kaiser facilities statewide, protesting the Oakland-based health giant’s plans to slash more than 1,300 jobs in the Golden State.

UHW leaders say that more than 5,000 union members have participated in 14 pickets lines in the statewide campaign, and that additional protests are taking place this week: Tuesday in Orange County, Wednesday in Sacramento, and three sites on Thursday — Santa Rosa, Fresno and a second Orange County location.

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Under the terms of the proposals, two existing GP surgeries would combine, setting up a new premises complete with a pharmacy attached, the Worcester Standard reports.

New pharmacy jobs may become available in Worcestershire if plans for the creation of a medical centre get the green light.

A planning application has been submitted to the local council.

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In addition, a business case has been put forward to NHS Worcestershire, which runs a number of medical centres, including Kidderminster Hospital, Worcestershire Royal Hospital and the Princess of Wales Community Hospital.

Dr Charlie Harris, a GP from one of the surgeries involved, said the process of finding a suitable location has taken over three years.

Meanwhile, fellow medical professional Dr Kelvin Laidlaw added: “We hope that if we secure funding for this new medical centre it will enable us to offer our patients a greater range of up to date medical services.”

Written by Mathew Horton

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Sunshine in Ohio isn’t optimal for solar panels, but a fledgling company called GreenField Solar Corp. had a bright idea — an array of aluminum mirrors that focus light onto extremely small and efficient solar cells.

Last year, the first of the 18-foot solar arrays was installed at NASA Glenn Research Center, and 10 of the devices are being installed in Mentor to help power its senior center.

GreenField Solar and a second company, Immediate Pharmaceutical Services Inc. in Avon Lake, plan to each create 200 jobs in the next 16 years thanks to performance tax credits from the state that were approved on Monday.

The more jobs they create, the more commercial activities taxes they will avoid, according to Robert Grevey, spokesman for the Ohio Tax Credit Authority. If they don’t keep their promises, the taxpayer isn’t out any money, Grevey said.

“It’s a performance-based incentive to defray the cost of doing business,” Grevey said.

GreenField plans to put its headquarters in the old Bayer Diagnostic building in Oberlin and expand its fledgling manufacturing facility on Root Road in North Ridgeville, said Glenn Hasman, chief financial officer.

“It concentrates the sun’s light,” Hasman said of the concentrating photovoltaic system. “We think this is very unique.”

Jim Latham, operations director, said each device costs about $10,000 and produces 1,500 watts — about enough to power half a house in Ohio. In Phoenix, where the sun’s rays pack a bigger punch, one would be enough to power a house, although the devices are not being marketed for residential use.

In time, Latham said the company hopes to sell each solar array for under $5,000 with a target price of $3 a watt — less than half the price per watt of conventional solar panels.

GreenField was awarded two 60 percent job creation tax credits, each for eight-year terms, in support of the company’s projects in Oberlin and North Ridgeville, according to the tax authority.

The value of the tax credits are estimated at a combined $850,000 over the term of the agreements, and the company would be required to maintain operations at the project sites for 16 years.

Greenfield developed and has begun manufacturing concentrating photovoltaic systems, which reduce costs associated with photovoltaic power. Its combined $9.8 million projects are expected to create 200 positions and retain three jobs.

Oberlin City Manager Eric Norenberg and North Ridgeville Mayor Dave Gillock were bullish on GreenField’s plans.

“We’re thrilled,” Norenberg said. “This says a lot about the community’s commitment to sustainability and renewable energy.”

Gillock called the tax credits awarded to GreenField “terrific” and described the company’s solar device as “a metal-tubed cactus with mirrors.”

Gillock said there’s plenty of room for growth at GreenField’s manufacturing facility on Root Road near Dreco Inc.

North Ridgeville obtained a state roadway grant for up to $400,000 to pay 50 percent of the cost of building a concrete roadway with storm sewers and sidewalks to the GreenField site, he said.

Meanwhile, Immediate Pharmaceutical Services was awarded a 50 percent job creation tax credit for an eight-year term in support of the company’s facility in Avon Lake, according to the state.

The value of the tax credit is estimated at $1 million over the term, and the company would be required to maintain operations at the project site for 16 years, according to the state.

Immediate Pharmaceutical Services operates a prescription mail service center and will provide Catalyst Health Solutions’ clients with an in-house mail service option. The $4.2 million project is expected to create 200 positions and retain 90 jobs.

Tom Garvey, the company’s president, did not return phone calls Tuesday seeking comment.

The projects were approved at the monthly meeting Monday of the Ohio Tax Credit Authority, a five-member independent board consisting of tax and economic development professionals that review and approve applications for state tax credit assistance.

Contact Cindy Leise at 329-7245 or cleise@chroniclet.com.

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