September 7th, 2012
Daily Cal: Alta Bates medical workers looking to switch labor unions
Pooja Mhatre, Berkeley Daily Cal Workers at the Alta Bates Medical Summit Center in Berkeley submitted a petition Tuesday requesting a switch in labor unions, in what they deem an effort to better protect their contracts and gain more democratic representation. The petition — which has been signed by more than 1,200 hospital workers — […]
September 6th, 2012
Why we are choosing NUHW, and leaving SEIU
On Tuesday morning, a supermajority of 1,100 healthcare workers at Alta Bates Summit Medical Center submitted petitions for an election to leave SEIU-UHW and join NUHW. Just like 49 workers at San Francisco’s Mission Neighborhood Health Center who voted 43-2 on Wednesday to join NUHW, we can’t wait to get out of SEIU. In January […]
September 5th, 2012
Workers at Mission Neighborhood Health Center in San Francisco vote to join NUHW
49 workers at Mission Neighborhood Health Center in San Francisco voted 43-2 to join NUHW today. The workers, who had been members of SEIU-UHW, overwhelmingly voted to join NUHW over “No Union.” Unhappy with SEIU’s poor representation and employer-friendly approach to bargaining, workers demonstrated such clear majority support for NUHW that SEIU disclaimed interest in […]
September 5th, 2012
Mission Neighborhood Caregivers Vote to Leave SEIU and Join NUHW as Alta Bates Summit Workers Prepare to Follow
SAN FRANCISCO — Today, in a vote of 43 to 2, 49 workers at Mission Neighborhood Health Center (MNHC) in San Francisco became the newest members of the National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW). Before today, MNHC caregivers were members of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU). Unhappy with SEIU’s poor representation and employer-friendly approach to […]
September 3rd, 2012
A new day for healthcare workers building NUHW
Tomorrow, a super-majority of workers at Alta Bates Summit Medical Center, the flagship hospitals serving Oakland and Berkeley in the San Francisco Bay Area, will submit petitions for an election to leave SEIU and join NUHW. After suffering under SEIU’s ineffectual representation and concessionary bargaining for more than three years, nearly 1,200 healthcare workers at […]