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NUHW In the News

Counterpunch: Stern’s SEIU vs. breakaway healthcare workers March 5, 2009 United Healthcare Workers-West was the kind of union we need in California – more, it was in historian Nelson Lichtenstein’s...
Las Vegas Sun: Unions clash as card check lies in wait March 4, 2009 Just last week, tens of thousands of California health care workers signed a petition to decertify the Service Employees International...
Association for Union Democracy: From now on, SEIU = Stern Employees International Union March 1, 2009 Andy Stern, SEIU international president, has trusteed the 150,000 local, United Healthcare Workers-West. He has removed its elected officers, stripped...
Los Angeles Times: Kaiser’s California workers move to switch unions February 27, 2009 Tens of thousands of Kaiser Permanente’s California workers have signed a petition to leave United Healthcare Workers West and join...
New Haven Independent: West Coast visitors discuss health care union war February 27, 2009 Even as stars have aligned in Washington to pass health care reform, a civil war has broken out in the...
San Francisco Sentinel: 50,000 Kaiser Permanente caregivers file to leave SEIU, join National Union of Healthcare Workers February 27, 2009 An absolute majority of the 50,000 healthcare workers at Kaiser Permanente’s California facilities have filed petitions to oust SEIU and...
San Francisco Business Times: Kaiser Permanente workers seek to quit SEIU February 26, 2009 Kaiser workers have signed petitions to dump its union, SEIU, and join a new union after the national leadership of...
In These Times: SEIU split widens February 25, 2009 The battle began roughly two years ago when UHW leaders criticized SEIU for negotiating an agreement with nursing home chains...
Labor Video Project: SEIU UHW-W workers speak out on Andy Stern and trusteeship February 23, 2009 Scheduled to air Feb. 27, 2009, 9:00 PM – 10:00 PM PST on San Francisco Comcast Channel 29.
Los Angeles Times: Labor’s time has come, but trouble stirs within February 22, 2009 With a Democratic majority in Congress, an economy in meltdown and what many see as the most labor-friendly White House...
Central Valley IndyMedia: Workers rebuild their union February 22, 2009 At the center of the dispute is the issue of how democratically unions are run, how well they represent the...
KPFA Evening News: Healthcare workers protest SEIU UHW-W retaliation February 19, 2009 Segment on NUHW protest begins at 42:30. Source: KPFA