July 14th, 2010
Kaiser workers to join NUHW despite SEIU’s false statements
The following is a statement from Marie Foster, a 23-year Program Assistant at Kaiser San Jose and a member of NUHW’s Executive Board and Kaiser Organizing Committee, responding to SEIU’s false statements to the media on July 14, 2010:
“NUHW is fighting to secure the fair union elections that thousands of Kaiser workers have been demanding for 16 months, while SEIU is still trying to deny workers the right to vote in three out of four Kaiser bargaining units.
“SEIU’s effort to block these three elections is the reason there is not yet agreement on the details of these elections. NUHW wants a fair, safe, and democratic vote for all Kaiser workers. The fact that SEIU has failed to reach agreement with NUHW on this should come as no surprise. If SEIU is unable to accept a fair agreement that respects the democratic rights of workers, the NLRB will schedule the election.
“In any case, SEIU’s efforts will not stop Kaiser workers from voting for NUHW in a government-supervised election.”
July 10th, 2010
Video: Kaiser workers announce filing of petition for election to join NUHW
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July 8th, 2010
ZNet: Huge election for Kaiser workers, 45,000 set to vote
By Cal Winslow
The new National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) has filed petitions representing tens of thousands of Kaiser Permanente workers’ decertification petitions setting the stage for the largest, most important union election in decades.
Kaiser workers, 45,000, at last have won the right to vote for a union of their choice.
July 1st, 2010
Sacramento Business Journal: Kaiser workers petition for vote to change unions
By Kathy Robertson
Kaiser workers launched what could be the biggest labor battle in decades when they filed petitions Tuesday calling for union elections that would allow thousands of Kaiser workers to leave Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West (UHW) for a rival union started by former SEIU leaders.
The vote would cover about 45,000 workers statewide, including 4,000 in the Sacramento region. Petitions were filed with the Oakland and Los Angeles offices of the National Labor Relations Board, which will verify they were filed appropriately and schedule elections.