Cara Williams,VP of HR at Cottage Hospital is clueless!

The nurses at Cottage health Systems 2 out 3 hospitals held a press conference in front of Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital on October 23, 2026. The purpose of the press conference was to bring awareness to the community about the reasons the nurses need to be unionized. As expected, hospital administrators have denied any and all the nurses complaints. After all, image is first and foremost with this institution! Proof of just how out of touch these administrators are can be proven by the comments made in today's Santa Barbara Newspress. I was astonished when I read Cara Williams,VP of HR, reply to nurses and the need for union representation. This is what she said: Our position is that we don’t believe we need a union or a third party to be the intermediary,” said Cara Williams, Cottage vice president of human resources and chief human resources officer. “We enjoy a direct connection to our employees, and we want to maintain that. “Having a union is not going to change how much it costs to live in Santa Barbara and the cost of housing,” Williams said. I have a few questions for Cara Williams: 1)Did you really accuse nurses of being naive enough to think that having a union is going to change the cost of homes in Santa Barbara? 2) Are you truly listening to the nurses complaints about their workplace issues because based on that ignorant comment, I highly doubt it? 3) In a previous video, you claimed that at Cottage Hospital, we are a family. Wouldn't you say, your family is dysfunctional if they have to go outside the family unit to be heard and have their needs met? Ms. Williams, I rate you as a neglectful mother to all your nurse children. Therefore, you have list custody of them. Shame on you, Laura Canfield and the rest of the deplorable C-Suite!