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Fresno Business Journal: Union vote count underway June 19, 2009 Votes are being counted in one of the most closely watched union elections in local history.Over 10,000 health care workers...
Workers’ Independent News: Outcome of NUHW and SEIU battle could shape labor future June 18, 2009 Source: Workers’ Independent News
Charlotte Observer: Unions fight over ties to BofA June 18, 2009 A labor union said late Wednesday it had filed charges alleging prohibited ties between another union and Bank of America...
truthout: California’s homecare union struggles continue June 18, 2009 Across the US, the housing market crash is reducing tax revenues for local and state governments. As their budget deficits...
Business Journal: NUHW files charges against SEIU, BofA June 18, 2009 The National Union of Healthcare Workers filed charges against rival union, Service Employees International Union and Bank of America on...
Fresno Business Journal: SEIU workers accused of vandalism June 3, 2009 In two separate incidents this week, workers for the Service Employees International Union have been accused of acts of vandalism...
Z Magazine: A Battle for Labor’s Future June 3, 2009 At the 1935 AFL convention, John L. Lewis of the Miners punched Big Bill Hutcheson of the Carpenters, a fight...
Fresno Business Journal: Home care workers to vote in union election June 2, 2009 Ballots were mailed out today in a hotly contested election that pits unions National Union of Healthcare Workers and Service...
John Wilhelm: SEIU represents “the suicide of the labor movement” May 31, 2009 It’s the whole question of whether the labor movement is a handful of very smart people in Washington and New...
Fresno Bee: Fresno County vote key for 2 unions May 31, 2009 Two unions are battling for votes in Fresno County in an election that labor experts say could affect the unionization...
Fresno Bee: Homecare workers take back their union May 30, 2009 The thing that made me most proud of the union we built was that it was based on a fundamental...
Workers Independent News: NUHW says it has strong support May 29, 2009 The National Union Of Healthcare Workers says it has strong support as an election begins for 10,000 home health care...