January 18th, 2012
Monterey County Herald: SVMH, workers reach tentative pact
by Larry ParsonsMontery County Herald Union to vote Thursday on deal through August 2013 A yearlong contract dispute between about 750 service and technical workers and Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System appears to be almost over. Both the Salinas hospital and the National Union of Healthcare Workers — the union that represents the largest number […]
January 16th, 2012
Remembering Dr. King
“At the turn of the century women earned approximately ten cents an hour, and men were fortunate to receive twenty cents an hour. The average work week was sixty to seventy hours. During the thirties, wages were a secondary issue; to have a job at all was the difference between the agony of starvation and […]
January 5th, 2012
Workers at Michigan Hospital Vote to Leave SEIU and Join NUHW
Muskegon, Michigan – Technical workers at the Hackley campus of Mercy Health Partners hospital in Muskegon, Michigan voted yesterday to leave the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and join the National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) by a vote of 65 to 9, with two votes for “no union.” Hackley caregivers are the second group […]
January 5th, 2012
Michigan technical workers vote 65 to 9 to join NUHW
Hackley Techs won our election to join NUHW! I am so proud to report that today we voted to leave SEIU and join NUHW by 65 votes for NUHW to 9 votes for SEIU at the Hackley Campus of Mercy Health Partners in Muskegon, Michigan. We are thrilled to be the second bargaining unit to […]
January 4th, 2012
Hackley Hospital medical technicians to vote on union representation
Muskegon Chronicle: MUSKEGON – Members of the Mercy Health Partners Hackley tech unit are voting Wednesday on switching union representation from the Service Employees International Union to the National Union of Healthcare Workers. The 92 employees who are technologists in various medical departments at Hackley Hospital such as radiology, surgery, cardiovascular and respiratory are voting […]