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San Leandro Times: Kindred Hospital nurses picket April 15, 2009 Dozens of nurses picketed in front of Kindred Hospital last week, chanting, “Ready to fight? Damn Right!” and waving signs....
North Bay Business Journal: Memorial hospital staff file petition to join union after four-year effort April 14, 2009 SANTA ROSA—More than 650 Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital staff filed for a petition Monday to join a union after a...
Press Democrat: New union files to represent Memorial Hospital workers April 14, 2009 Hundreds of Health care workers at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital have filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board...
Sacramento Press: New health care union grows in California April 12, 2009 Employees at nursing homes in Sacramento, Woodland and Pacifica, operated by North American Health Care, Inc., left the Service Employees...
Gilroy Dispatch: Saint Louise workers picket for new union April 8, 2009 About a dozen picketers chanted slogans and waved signs stamped with the red and white logo of their new union,...
Santa Cruz Sentinel: Union dispute erupts at Watsonville Community Hospital April 7, 2009 WATSONVILLE — Health care workers at Watsonville Community Hospital are taking sides in the dispute between their bargaining agent, Service...
Salinas Californian: Workers petition to leave powerful SEIU April 4, 2009 The vote could split about 2,800 members from the 4,500 workers in the county represented by SEIU 521. If hospital...
Monterey County Herald: County workers mull split from SEIU April 4, 2009 A growing battle between labor giant Service Employees International Union and a new union that broke away from the SEIU...
Salinas Californian: 2,800 Monterey County health & service workers petition to dump SEIU, join NUHW April 3, 2009 Workers say forced union merger in 2007 left them with no voice and weak representation SALINAS—More than 2,800 Monterey County...
Behind the News: Steve Early on labor’s prospects and SEIU’s rampage March 28, 2009 Segment begins at 39:15 — Click to listen On Behind the News, Doug Henwood interviews labor journalist Steve Early about...
Juan Gonzalez: SEIU president goes to the extreme March 25, 2009 Andy Stern, president of the powerful Service Employees International Union, seems hellbent on using classic corporate raider tactics to bring...
San Francisco Chronicle: Nursing home workers join new union March 19, 2009 About 350 employees at four Northern California nursing homes are the first workers to align with the National Union of...