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FightBackNews: Interview with Sal Rosselli, leader of National Union of Healthcare Workers May 24, 2010 Fight Back!: We’re here with Sal Rosselli, Interim President of the National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW). Could you tell...
Hospital workers say USC is hurting patient care with reckless campaign against their own employees May 19, 2010 “They’ve turned a place of healing into a battleground,” says one caregiver LOS ANGELES—Healthcare workers at USC University Hospital make...
Monterey County Weekly: Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital workers oust SEIU May 18, 2010 By Robin Urevich Salinas Valley employees, including licensed vocational nurses, respiratory therapists, and clerical staff, voted nearly two to one...
Monterey County Herald: Caregivers dump SEIU, vote to join new union May 18, 2010 By Lane Wallace Caregivers at Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital have voted to leave Service Employees International Union and join the...
The Californian: Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital workers switch unions May 18, 2010 By Kimber Solana Caregivers at Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital chose to switch unions following three weeks of voting, officials said...
Nearly 900 caregivers join NUHW at Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital May 18, 2010 Workers vote overwhelmingly for a stronger voice to improve patient care Salinas, Calif.—Caregivers at Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital have voted...
Washington Post: Union leader Stern leaves with questions over spending May 17, 2010 By Alec MacGillis In celebrating her election last weekend to head the Service Employees International Union — the nation’s fastest-growing...
In These Times: the new face of SEIU May 17, 2010 By David Moberg Ironically, though SEIU under Stern used growth—at almost any price—as justification for its strategies, the union did...
KPFK on NUHW election at USC University Hospital May 12, 2010 KPFK’s Voices From the Frontlines interviews USC University Hospital respiratory therapist Alex Corea and USC Professor Laura Pulido about USC’s...
Video: NUHW members fight back at Kaiser May 10, 2010 Kaiser pros and RNs in Southern California voted by a landslide to join NUHW in January, and have already won...
Beyond Chron: SEIU President Henry faces test over Raynor bombshell May 10, 2010 By Randy Shaw A three-member judicially-sanctioned panel has found that SEIU Executive Vice-President Bruce Raynor accepted a salary from UNITE...
Los Angeles Times: SEIU picks Mary Kay Henry as president May 10, 2010 By Patrick J. McDonnell “Mary Kay has a fundamental lack of respect for workers in deciding the course of their...

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