Central Los Angeles : PROTEST
A score of protesters, some of them homeless, picketed one of East Los Angeles’ busiest health clinics Tuesday in support of three medical workers dismissed from its homeless health program.
The demonstrators allege that the Community Health Foundation, which provides free medical care, trumped up reasons to fire the employees because they questioned its dedication to serving the homeless or resisted unfair labor practices. Protesters said the clinic intended to eliminate its homeless program.
But Rodolfo Diaz, the clinic’s executive director, denied the charges and said there were no planned cutbacks to the homeless outreach program.
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