March 27th, 2012
Just say NO to SEIU takeaways at Kaiser
The evidence is clear. In the last three years, SEIU has given away more than $2 billion in contract concessions across the United States, $1.6 billion of that right here in California, and all of us at Kaiser Permanente are next. Before that happens, now is the time for workers at Kaiser to stand up […]
March 23rd, 2012
Talking Union: “With God on Our Side” by Adam Reich, a review
By Carl Finamore, Mar. 16, 2012
Talking Union
“With God on Our Side” is a very catchy book title. It also appears at first glance to be quite topical because mention of religion so dominates, and distorts many would add, political discussion in this country.
For that reason, curiosity may initially draw the reader’s eye. But the subtitle “The Struggle for Workers’ Rights in a Catholic Hospital” gives it all away. This is a book about organized labor and workers.
This is usually where most readers take flight. But that would be a mistake because it is so much more.
Books about labor post dreadfully low sales, true enough. Nonetheless, Adam Reich has written a very readable and colorful “story of worker leaders” at the largest and most prestigious hospital in the northern California town of Santa Rosa.
The story, however, carries political lessons far beyond the geography of this small-town power struggle. Reich has written a human-interest story about people and why some act so passionately to improve their lives.
March 22nd, 2012
Our election at Seton Medical Center
Last night when the labor board counted the ballots in our election between NUHW and SEIU at Seton Medical Center, neither side won a majority. Our election will now go to the labor board to evaluate the challenged ballots and determine whether to schedule a run-off election between NUHW and SEIU. The SEIU spin doctors […]
March 19th, 2012
The Californian: Editorial-Ailing SVMH board needs new direction
Opinion, The Californian.com, Mar 16, 2012
Following a stinging audit of how Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System’s board of directors conducts the public’s business, board president Jim Gattis should rethink his opposition to putting his seat up for an electoral-district election in November.
It could be voters are now in the mood for a change.
March 19th, 2012
Talking Union: “With God on Our Side” by Adam Reich, a review
By Carl Finamore, Mar. 16, 2012
Talking Union
“With God on Our Side” is a very catchy book title. It also appears at first glance to be quite topical because mention of religion so dominates, and distorts many would add, political discussion in this country.
For that reason, curiosity may initially draw the reader’s eye. But the subtitle “The Struggle for Workers’ Rights in a Catholic Hospital” gives it all away. This is a book about organized labor and workers.
This is usually where most readers take flight. But that would be a mistake because it is so much more.
Books about labor post dreadfully low sales, true enough. Nonetheless, Adam Reich has written a very readable and colorful “story of worker leaders” at the largest and most prestigious hospital in the northern California town of Santa Rosa.
The story, however, carries political lessons far beyond the geography of this small-town power struggle. Reich has written a human-interest story about people and why some act so passionately to improve their lives.