PETITION TO ASCENSION AND ST. FRANCIS HOSPITAL LEADERSHIP:

St. Francis Hospital has been a pillar in our community and our valued access-point to quality, affordable healthcare for over sixty years. It is where we go to receive excellent patient care from the dedicated staff who are our patrons, neighbors, relatives and friends.

As residents of Milwaukee’s Southside, we implore you to continue to operate St. Francis as a responsible corporate owner. Any drastic or even moderate changes, such as layoffs, service closures, or reductions in pay or benefits for the workforce, could potentially have severe ripple effects throughout our community--harming local businesses,property values and our ability to receive quality, affordable healthcare.

As you make decisions regarding our community hospital, please focus on workers and the community and put patients over profits.

Specifically, we ask that you:

1) Keep St. Francis Hospital open, affordable, and accessible to our community.

2) Do not close services, layoff or reduce the pay or benefits of our neighbors who work in your hospitals.

3) Become a genuine part of our community and partner with our community before making changes to our community.