According to the Committee of Interns and Residents SEIU Healthcare, residents at KMC are the lowest paid residents in the nation, The Bakersfield Californian reported. Residents and the union requested a 15 percent raise in the spring, but KMC has not come back with a counterproposal and has cancelled negotiation meetings, according to the report. The residents last got a raise in 2008.
KMC is owned and operated by the County of Kern. The Kern County Administrative Office sent a statement to KBAK/KBFX, saying negotiators from the county are still working toward an agreement with KMC residents’ representatives and that the county recognizes “the need to compensate KMC residents fairly.”
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