The move would reduce the company's work force from 6000 to 1500 workers.
They are currently made up from more than 300,000 workers.
Employment was cut from 5,200 workers in 1985 to just under 3,100 a year ago.
He said the campaign staff had grown to 65, up from 30 paid workers at the end of the summer.
He said the union had received 525 claims from workers worth $2.6 million.
The move was met with criticism from community members and workers at the hospital.
The company cut its workforce from 18,499 workers in 1907 to 4,600 the following year.
He has also asked for greater productivity from workers, including that they work longer weeks or days.
I don't know whether it was the immigrants who took jobs from French workers, or simply his own black nature.
Letters of support from angry workers would help his fight.