June 5th, 2013
Vindicated
NUHW supporters have been vindicated. Last week, a California appeals court reversed a lower court ruling in a lawsuit brought by NUHW supporters (myself included) against SEIU for alleged acts and threats of violence against workers organizing for NUHW. In a horrible ruling, the lower court had granted what’s called an “anti-SLAPP motion” to SEIU, holding the […]
June 4th, 2013
New Court Ruling Vindicates NUHW Supporters, Reverses Lower Court Decision
Unanimous appellate decision strikes down SEIU’s anti-SLAPP motion SAN FRANCISCO — Last week, the California Court of Appeals, First Appellate District, reversed a trial court ruling in a lawsuit brought by NUHW supporters against SEIU for alleged acts and threats of violence against workers organizing for NUHW. The lower court had granted an anti-SLAPP motion to SEIU, […]
June 4th, 2013
This is what it means to stand up for workers
We joined NUHW to hold dishonest employers like Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital accountable. I’m proud to say that that’s exactly what we’re achieving. Last year, after we settled a contract with SVMH that included no takeaways and secured our defined benefit pension and employer-paid healthcare coverage, management did something so shady we could hardly believe […]
May 13th, 2013
Kaiser Optical Workers are Staying United in NUHW-CNA
Kaiser optical workers in Northern California have a message for SEIU: We’re staying united in NUHW-CNA. With barely a handful of signatures, SEIU officials filed a petition in March with the National Labor Relations Board for an election to contest NUHW-CNA’s representation of our bargaining unit. Within just a few days of SEIU’s filing, a supermajority […]
May 7th, 2013
Reuters: Battle at Kaiser Permanente is sign of vibrant unions in healthcare
By Amanda Becker (Reuters) – The Service Employees International Union fended off an upstart rival last week in a union-on-union battle over California healthcare workers, a symptom not of labor’s decline but of its growth in the health sector. The SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West, in the largest private-sector election since Ford Motor Company was unionized […]