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In These Times: SEIU vs. NUHW week one: plaintiffs make case, without evidence March 31, 2010 By Carl Finamore Is it unlawful for locally elected union leaders to vigorously defend their members even when in sharp...
Recorder: Bad blood boils in union battle March 27, 2010 Trial pits rebels against the SEIU In the coming days, one of President Obama’s closest labor allies could take the...
Beyond Chron: defying health care advocates, SEIU-UHW backs Sutter’s CPMC Mega-Hospital March 25, 2010 By Randy Shaw Breaking with a large coalition of community groups and citywide health care advocates, SEIU-UHW has agreed to...
The Californian: Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital workers to vote on union switch March 17, 2010 By Mike Hornick Caregivers at Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital will have from April 22 to May 13 to vote by...
In These Times: In San Francisco, Union Democracy Goes on Trial March 16, 2010 By Carl Finamore After SEIU leaders seized control of UHW, UHW’s 100-member Executive Board voted to form a new, independent...
San Jose Business Journal: workers at Silicon Valley nursing homes petition to join NUHW March 16, 2010 Caregivers at 10 nursing homes operated by GranCare (formerly Mariner) have petitioned the labor board for an election to join...
Contra Costa Times: Judge declares winner in union dispute at West County hospital March 14, 2010 By Tom Lochner An administrative law judge has sided with the National Union of Healthcare Workers in its dispute with...
Solidarity: A new type of union in the USA? March 12, 2010 By Kim Moody Last year, US unions lost 771,000 members, enough to wipe out the slim gains of the previous...
KPFK’s Strategy Session interview with Sal Rosselli March 8, 2010 Source: KPFA https://nuhw.org/storage/media/kpfk_100308_160030strategysession.MP3
Times-Herald: healthcare unions await board’s ruling March 5, 2010 By Sarah Rohrs The battle over which union will represent nearly 6,900 workers at 51 health care facilities in California...
Orange County Register: police investigating union worker fight at hospital March 4, 2010 By Deepa Bharath A 31-year-old union employee could face misdemeanor assault charges after she pushed another union worker who was...
Modern Healthcare: union votes allowed at over 30 healthcare sites March 4, 2010 By: Joe Carlson The National Labor Relations Board has cleared the way for union elections at more than 30 healthcare...