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NUHW In the News

Sacramento Business Journal: NLRB gives huge victory to National Union of Healthcare Workers December 3, 2009 A regional National Labor Relations Board ruled Monday that more than 2,300 Kaiser workers in Southern California can vote on...
NBC Los Angeles: Trouble in Paradise for SEIU December 2, 2009 More than 2,300 Kaiser Permanente employees could say goodbye to Service Employees International Union in Southern California. It’ll come down...
Los Angeles Daily News: Healthcare workers could join breakaway union December 2, 2009 More than 2,300 Kaiser Permanente employees represented by Service Employees International Union in Southern California could vote in the coming...
San Francisco Business Times: NLRB decision could open door to new health care union December 2, 2009 The National Labor Relations Board has rejected challenges to a proposed election that would let more than than 2,300 health...
Beyond Chron: SEIU Joins Management in Blocking Union Drive December 2, 2009 by Randy Shaw SEIU, whose mission includes the unionization of hospital workers, is now waging a full-scale campaign to prevent...
KSRO-AM: Msgr. John Brenkle and Memorial worker Melissa Bosanco live on “The Drive” December 2, 2009 Click the play button to hear Monsignor John Brenkle, pastor of St. Helena Catholic Church and Care Partner Melissa Bosanco...
Talking Union: Leaving SEIU and Joining NUHW November 30, 2009 An Open Letter to my SEIU friends, former co-workers, and all SEIU members and staff By Paul Krehbiel As a former...
L.A. NOW: SEIU could sever ties with California Democratic Party November 24, 2009 California Democratic Party Chairman John Burton says one of the state’s most politically powerful unions has threatened to cut off...
WorkingUSA: The Progressive Quandary About SEIU November 24, 2009 The terrain of “progressive labor” in the U.S. has shifted dramatically in recent years. The two-million member Service Employees International...
In These Times: The Fight For ‘Employee Free Choice’ In California Healthcare November 23, 2009 As organized labor tries to sustain its inside-the-Beltway campaign for an Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), competitive healthcare worker organizing...
Labor Notes: NUHW Supporters Brave Eggs, Bottles in Los Angeles November 19, 2009 To get to a public forum featuring speakers from the National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) yesterday, attendees in Los...
Beyond Chron: SEIU Wages War on Progressives November 17, 2009 The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) held a boisterous picket line in San Francisco last night, but their chants targeted...