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San Francisco Business Times: NLRB decision could open door to new health care union December 2, 2009 The National Labor Relations Board has rejected challenges to a proposed election that would let more than than 2,300 health...
Beyond Chron: SEIU Joins Management in Blocking Union Drive December 2, 2009 by Randy Shaw SEIU, whose mission includes the unionization of hospital workers, is now waging a full-scale campaign to prevent...
Labor board OKs 2,300 Kaiser professionals to quit SEIU and join National Union of Healthcare Workers December 2, 2009 Ruling by federal government ends nine months of obstruction by SEIU officials LOS ANGELES—More than 2,300 healthcare professionals at dozens...
Labor board OKs election for 2,300 Kaiser professionals to join NUHW December 2, 2009 Jim Clifford, MS, Therapist at Kaiser San Diego Psychiatry “We’re joining NUHW because we want democracy and integrity in our...
KSRO-AM: Msgr. John Brenkle and Memorial worker Melissa Bosanco live on “The Drive” December 2, 2009 Click the play button to hear Monsignor John Brenkle, pastor of St. Helena Catholic Church and Care Partner Melissa Bosanco...
SEIU refuses mediation by Labor Secretary Robert Reich and Msgr. John Brenkle to ensure a fair union election at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital December 1, 2009 Statement by Monsignor John Brenkle, pastor of St. Helena Catholic Church Santa Rosa, Calif.—Local Catholic leader Monsignor John Brenkle today...
Talking Union: Leaving SEIU and Joining NUHW November 30, 2009 An Open Letter to my SEIU friends, former co-workers, and all SEIU members and staff By Paul Krehbiel As a former...
Union allies gather to support NUHW, undeterred by SEIU violence November 26, 2009 As union leaders, elected officials, and community allies gathered this month to support healthcare workers, paid SEIU staff tried to...
Immigrant and disability advocates protest SEIU voter intimidation November 24, 2009 Workers say SEIU is retaliating against whistle-blowers after illegal tactics exposed by Wall Street Journal Fresno, Calif.—Immigrant and disability advocates...
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...

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