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San Francisco Bay Guardian: SEIU vs. UHW, a ringside seat February 3, 2009 Friday afternoon at the United Healthcare Workers headquarters, eight Oakland Police officers mediated a dispute between UHW members resisting the...
MRZine: SEIU vs NUHW: Do Employees Have Free Choice to Change Unions under Obama? February 3, 2009 Barack H. Obama won the White House on the promise of “change.” One of the big donors for Obama’s campaign...
San Diego Union Tribune: Tri-City union workers talks stalled February 3, 2009 NORTH COUNTY—Unionized workers are joining the list of people facing turmoil at Tri-City Medical Center in Oceanside. Their representatives failed...
Los Angeles Times: Bay Area health union seeks vote on membership February 3, 2009 The National Union of Healthcare Workers, formed last week by the ousted leaders of United Healthcare Workers West, on Monday...
SF Weekly: Ousted labor leader Rosselli forms own union, targets SEIU workers—and doesn’t expect SEIU to play nice February 2, 2009 This summer, the Service Employees International Union plans to spend some $50 million to ensure passage of a labor-friendly law...
Breakaway union could prompt war of attrition with SEIU February 2, 2009 At a time when workers nationwide stand to make big gains under the Obama administration, the newly formed National Union...
CounterPunch: Eyewitness in Oakland / Stern’s gang seizes UHW union hall February 2, 2009 This mob, thirty, maybe forty strong, mostly very nicely dressed white men for this side of struggling Oakland, was led...
Sacramento Business Journal: 9,000 health care employees want to decertify SEIU February 2, 2009 At least 64 separate petitions were filed Monday with the National Labor Relations Board on behalf of 9,000 workers calling...
Labor Notes: SEIU launches takeover of United Healthcare Workers-West February 1, 2009 The Service Employees’ internal battle broke wide open late Tuesday when International President Andy Stern put the dissident United Healthcare...
Los Angeles Times: Labor’s real fight February 1, 2009 Union membership in the U.S. has grown, but inside the nation’s leading unions, serious battles rage. By Harold Meyerson By...
La Opinión: Ruptura total de UHW y SEIU January 29, 2009 La dirigencia del Sindicato de Trabajadores Sanitarios (UHW West-SEIU), que fue disuelta un día antes por la dirección nacional del...
San Francisco Bay Guardian: Ousted UHW leaders form the NUHW January 28, 2009 There’s a new union in town, National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW), which was formed today by the United Healthcare...