January 27th, 2011
67 More Workers at Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital Join NUHW
Sixty-seven formerly non-union employees in the Laboratory, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory and Diagnostic Imaging Departments at Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital are the newest members of NUHW. Yesterday, hospital administrators accepted a petition in support of unionization signed by a majority of the workers and agreed to recognize their status as union members. The 67 technical employees […]
January 21st, 2011
SEIU Collusion with Sutter Denies Workers Their Fair Choice of Unions at Alta Bates Summit Medical Center
Ballot counting ended today for 1,100 employees at three campuses of Sutter-owned Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in an election between SEIU-UHW and NUHW. The National Labor Relations Board completed the vote count with a final tally of 510 for SEIU to 448 for NUHW, with 21 votes for “No union.” “I’m proud of the […]
January 21st, 2011
SEIU Collusion with Sutter Denies Workers Their Fair Choice of Unions at Alta Bates Summit Medical Center
Workers pledge to fight for fair re-run of election OAKLAND – Ballot counting ended today for 1,100 employees at three campuses of Sutter-owned Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in a representation election between a trusteed local of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and the National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW). The National Labor Relations […]
January 20th, 2011
Federal Government Announces Hearing on Possible Illegal Collusion Between SEIU and Kaiser
Last week, the National Labor Relations Board issued a report that could result in the tossing out of the largest private sector union election in 70 years due to misconduct by both Kaiser Permanente and SEIU. NUHW filed objections to last fall’s election, alleging that both Kaiser and SEIU had engaged in electioneering misconduct and colluded […]
January 19th, 2011
Federal Government Announces Hearing on Possible Illegal Collusion Between SEIU and Kaiser
NLRB takes first step toward ordering re-run of nation’s largest private sector election in 70 years OAKLAND – Last week, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a report that could result in the tossing out of the largest private sector union election in 70 years due to misconduct by both Kaiser Permanente and the […]