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SEIU officials beg NLRB to stop Kaiser elections

Filing asks federal government to reconsider decision to hold elections for nearly 2,000 more Northern California Kaiser employees to join NUHW

Oakland, Calif.—As 44,000 Kaiser Permanente workers vote by mail in their election to leave SEIU and join the National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW), three more groups of Kaiser workers in Northern California are eagerly awaiting their own elections. But the incumbent union SEIU today made a last-ditch effort to stop those three elections and deny nearly 2,000 union members the right to vote.

In a filing with the National Labor Relations Board, SEIU officials begged the federal government to ignore petitions from hundreds of workers and reconsider the decision by the NLRB’s Regional Director to move forward with the elections.

Need a replacement ballot?

If you’re a Kaiser worker eligible to vote in this election, but you haven’t received your ballot or it’s been lost or spoiled, don’t worry—you can request a replacement ballot. Click the link below for instructions.

KPFA Radio: Labor journalist Steve Early discusses the Kaiser election

Labor journalist Steve Early discusses the historic Kaiser election with KPFA Radio’s Sunday Show. This 30-minute excerpt is from an hour-long segment about the state of the labor movement.

Democracy Now covers our Kaiser election

This morning, national TV and radio news program Democracy Now covered our election at Kaiser. A respected labor journalist untwisted the lies in SEIU’s campaign, and explained why so many of us are voting NUHW to give workers control of bargaining again. Please watch the show and share this link with every Kaiser co-worker you […]

Let’s Vote! 6,000 Kaiser co-workers participate in statewide conversation

Click the play button above to listen to our fourth and final statewide phone conversation. The night before our ballots were mailed, more than 6,000 Kaiser co-workers joined to listen to reports from workers across the state who are ready to get out the vote for NUHW. We were also joined by United Farm Workers […]