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Talking Union: SEIU Fails to Sabotage California Hospital Organizing Victory December 21, 2009 by Paul Garver On 18 December 2009 caregivers at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital in Sonoma County, California voted for representation...
Beyond Chron: NUHW Trounces SEIU 283-13 to Win Santa Rosa Election December 21, 2009 he National Union of Health Workers (NUHW) has won a landmark victory over SEIU for the right to represent non-union...
Los Angeles Times: Upstart union wins a plurality in Sonoma County hospital vote December 19, 2009 An upstart union challenging the giant Service Employees International Union won a plurality Friday in a disputed and closely watched...
Labor Notes: NUHW is Decisive in Santa Rosa, SEIU Tries to Postpone Defeat December 19, 2009 By Mark Brenner Workers capped a six year campaign to organize Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital tonight, with 283 voting to...
Press-Democrat: Memorial workers vote to join NUHW December 19, 2009 After almost six years of labor organizing, health care workers at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital voted for representation by the...
Press-Democrat: Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital union vote starts today December 17, 2009 Two competing unions, plus no-union option are on ballot at SR’s biggest hospital By MARTIN ESPINOZA & Kevin McCallum After...
Los Angeles Times: Hospital vote pits upstart union against colossus December 17, 2009 After an intense campaign that has drawn nationwide attention, workers at Santa Rosa Memorial will choose between a new group...
Labor Notes: Finally, NUHW Squares Off Against SEIU in Two Hospital Elections December 16, 2009 Workers at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital will vote between NUHW, SEIU and no union December 17 and 18. This election,...
KPFA Morning Show on Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital election December 16, 2009 Telemetry Technician Nancy Timberlake and Radiology Technologist Jack Nicholson talk about tomorrow’s election at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital. Source: KPFA...
Catholic News Service: Santa Rosa election tests Catholic health care labor-management relations December 16, 2009 A six-year-long union organizing campaign that has drawn national attention as a test of the ground rules for labor-management relations...
Beyond Chron: 2009, Labor’s missed opportunity December 15, 2009 Today, labor’s top legislative priorities remain unmet, and EFCA is in limbo. But there is an election this week at...
KPFA’s ‘Against the Grain’ talks with labor historian Cal Winslow about NUHW December 14, 2009 Interview with labor historian Cal Winslow begins at 7:17 in the clip above. Source: KPFA