March 10th, 2010
150 Kaiser workplace leaders meet to chart a path to victory
On Saturday, March 6, Kaiser workplace leaders from across California met in Fresno to discuss strategies to win our upcoming Kaiser election for 45,000 of us to take back our union with NUHW. We heard inspirational speakers and presentations by our co-workers sharing stories and experiences from our workplaces. We also launched our new weekly […]
March 8th, 2010
KPFK’s Strategy Session interview with Sal Rosselli
Source: KPFA https://nuhw.org/storage/media/kpfk_100308_160030strategysession.MP3
March 5th, 2010
Times-Herald: healthcare unions await board’s ruling
By Sarah Rohrs
The battle over which union will represent nearly 6,900 workers at 51 health care facilities in California is heating up.
A major labor board ruling may clear the way for union elections at the facilities., including Sutter Solano Medical Center in Vallejo.
March 4th, 2010
Orange County Register: police investigating union worker fight at hospital
By Deepa Bharath
A 31-year-old union employee could face misdemeanor assault charges after she pushed another union worker who was meeting with employees at Garden Grove Hospital’s cafeteria, police said.
The incident, caught on video and posted on YouTube, shows a woman talking to a hospital employee in a high-pitched, emotional voice. Then the man holding the camera remarks: “Blame it on the members, blame your incompetence…” At that point, the woman charges toward the camera mouthing obscenities at the man and knocks the camera out of his hands.
March 4th, 2010
Modern Healthcare: union votes allowed at over 30 healthcare sites
By: Joe Carlson
The National Labor Relations Board has cleared the way for union elections at more than 30 healthcare facilities in Northern California, while withholding judgment on requests for union elections at another 30 or so.
The NUHW has filed dozens of petitions in the past year to have workers decertify their SEIU units and switch to NUHW. The new group has had a handful of election successes, but most of its petitions have been blocked procedurally by SEIU through charges filed with the national labor board.