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State Labor Board Cites SEIU for “Abusive Behavior” and “Physical Threats” in 2009 Fresno Homecare Election

FRESNO — The California Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) released an official complaint yesterday against the Service Employees International Union – United Healthcare Workers West (SEIU-UHW) for intimidating voters in a 2009 union election in Fresno, California between SEIU-UHW and the National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW). SEIU-UHW agents engaged in “menacing and abusive behavior,” […]

Government charges SEIU with intimidation and threats

Kicking in screen doors, shouting down union members, threatening assault, lying about wages and benefits, and destruction and removal of personal property. The State of California has officially charged SEIU with all these illegal acts, and more. Three years after Fresno homecare workers filed complaints that SEIU broke the law with lies, threats and intimidation […]

LA Times: Hospital leader under fire for paying daughter to drive him

Los Angeles Times, August 22, 2012

On his receipts, the acting director of a Central Coast public hospital district appeared to be paying a luxury car service to ferry him to and from the airport as part of his weekly commute.

But Lowell Johnson, interim chief executive at Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital, was actually paying his daughter for those rides, $50 each way. He then turned in receipts to the hospital district labeled “Airport Town Car.” The district paid him nearly $4,000 in reimbursements for the trips during his first 12 months on the job, according to records reviewed by The Times.

Hospital district officials said they were unaware of the payments to Johnson’s daughter until earlier this week but see no problem with it. They noted that his contract grants him paid car service and that the board doesn’t monitor who drives him.

Johnson also said there was nothing wrong with the reimbursements. He said he did not need to inform the hospital’s board that he had hired his daughter as a driver because he remained under his limit of $1,500 in travel expenses each week. He also receives $10,000 each week in salary.

“In my mind, there’s absolutely no issue with it,” Johnson said. “There’s nothing here.”

KMPH-26 Fresno covers complaint against SEIU

Ripe With Fraud: State Agency Challenges Fresno Home Care Union Election KMPH FOX 26 | Central San Joaquin Valley News Source  Click on ‘play’ button on lower left to start video. Full story at KMPH-26.

California labor board files complaint against SEIU in Fresno election for voter intimidation

The California Public Employment Relations Board has filed an official complaint against SEIU-UHW West for its conduct in the 2009 Fresno homecare election. Citing SEIU’s “physical and verbal threats,” “menacing and abusive behavior,” “unlawful destruction and removal” of property and a campaign of lies intended to mislead 10,000 Fresno homecare workers into voting to stay […]