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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...
Modern Healthcare: Laboring to unite November 16, 2009 After years of feuding and raiding each other’s ranks, more healthcare unions are joining hands so they can work together...
Sacramento Bee: Rival union accuses SEIU of ballot manipulation November 15, 2009 FRESNO—A competing union has accused the Service Employees International Union of changing ballots and threatening to report workers to immigration...
In These Times: California healthcare battle gets uglier November 14, 2009 By Kari Lydersen The battle between SEIU and the National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) over organzing home health care...
Fresno Bee: Rival union accuses SEIU of election pressure November 13, 2009 By Brad Branan / The Fresno Bee A competing union has accused the Service Employees International Union of changing ballots...
Wall Street Journal: New salvo fired as unions battle over workers November 12, 2009 By KRIS MAHER As labor leaders fight to sign up 10,000 health-care workers, a California-based union is charging the Service...
North Bay Business Journal: Memorial Hospital election set after long union battle November 9, 2009 By D. Ashley Furness, Business Journal Staff Reporter SANTA ROSA, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA—The last-minute scheduling of a union election for about...
North Bay Business Journal: December election set for Memorial employees November 3, 2009 By D. Ashley Furness, Business Journal Staff Reporter SANTA ROSA—After more than six years of attempts to organize, about 600...