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NUHW In the News

Santa Cruz Sentinel: Union dispute erupts at Watsonville Community Hospital April 7, 2009 WATSONVILLE — Health care workers at Watsonville Community Hospital are taking sides in the dispute between their bargaining agent, Service...
Salinas Californian: Workers petition to leave powerful SEIU April 4, 2009 The vote could split about 2,800 members from the 4,500 workers in the county represented by SEIU 521. If hospital...
Monterey County Herald: County workers mull split from SEIU April 4, 2009 A growing battle between labor giant Service Employees International Union and a new union that broke away from the SEIU...
Salinas Californian: 2,800 Monterey County health & service workers petition to dump SEIU, join NUHW April 3, 2009 Workers say forced union merger in 2007 left them with no voice and weak representation SALINAS—More than 2,800 Monterey County...
Behind the News: Steve Early on labor’s prospects and SEIU’s rampage March 28, 2009 Segment begins at 39:15 — Click to listen On Behind the News, Doug Henwood interviews labor journalist Steve Early about...
Juan Gonzalez: SEIU president goes to the extreme March 25, 2009 Andy Stern, president of the powerful Service Employees International Union, seems hellbent on using classic corporate raider tactics to bring...
San Francisco Chronicle: Nursing home workers join new union March 19, 2009 About 350 employees at four Northern California nursing homes are the first workers to align with the National Union of...
Los Angeles Times: National Union of Healthcare Workers gets its first members March 18, 2009 A new Oakland-based union — the product of a brutal fight between the elected leaders of healthcare workers in Northern...
Sacramento Business Journal: 350 nursing home workers choose NUHW over SEIU March 18, 2009 More than 350 workers at three Sacramento-area nursing homes and one in Pacifica have chosen the National Union of Healthcare...
Hartford Courant: ‘Free choice’ must mean switching unions, too March 16, 2009 Although the loss of the secret ballot may expose workers to various forms of intimidation, there is something attractive about...
KPFK interview with John Borsos and Danielle Estrada March 12, 2009 Maria Armoudian on KPFK’s “Insighters” interviews John Borsos of NUHW’s founding executive board and Danielle Estrada, a healthcare worker at...
San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center: Fresno Homecare Workers, Consumers, and Community Members March against SEIU Harassment March 12, 2009 About 60 homecare workers and their allies rallied in front of the Service Employees International Union-UHW office in Fresno today....