CEO Russell Judd of Mercy hospitals in Bakersfield, California was blocked from attempting to cut off his employees from public employee pensions and replace them with 401(k)-like retirement plans. A provision of the state budget bill that is currently pending approval by Governor Jerry Brown and that was backed by SEIU Local 521, barred Judd from shifting Mercy hospital employees and other Kern County Hospital Authority workers onto private retirement plans. Unions lobbied to get several other pro-labor provisions included in the bill. Governor Brown received the bill on June 20 and has until July 2 to sign or veto it.
See "With court case looming, California unions pack state budget with labor goodies", Adam Ashton, The Sacramento Bee, June 25, 2018