July 28th, 2011
Public vents anger about SVMH
Some call for charges against board members Monterey County Herald: By JIM JOHNSON, Herald Staff Writer Dozens of outraged community members and beleaguered employees vented their frustrations over alleged malfeasance at Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital during a public meeting held by Assemblyman Luis Alejo in Salinas on Wednesday. During a question-and-answer session, speakers blasted hospital […]
July 28th, 2011
Workers demand that Labor Board remedy SEIU and Kaiser collusion, protect their right to a fair election
After two decisions in which an NLRB judge ruled that SEIU and Kaiser violated 44,000 Kaiser workers’ right to a fair election, workers are demanding that the Labor Board remedy Kaiser and SEIU’s collusion and protect workers’ rights in advance of a re-run of the two overturned elections. While agreeing with Judge Lana Parke’s findings […]
July 27th, 2011
NUHW Appealing to Labor Board to Find Kaiser Guilty of Unlawful Aid to SEIU
Kaiser and SEIU further colluding to force re-run under unlawful conditions Emeryville, California – The National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) is filing exceptions to the July 14 ruling by National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Lana Parke that found the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) guilty of “coercive” conduct in last year’s […]
July 27th, 2011
Labor Board Throws Out Results of Another Kaiser Election
Judge finds SEIU guilty of election misconduct for second time in a week Washington, DC – For the second time in a week, an Administrative Law Judge for the National Labor Relations Board has recommended throwing out the results of a union election at Kaiser Permanente due to unlawful conduct by the Service Employees International […]
July 26th, 2011
For second time in two weeks, judge rules SEIU violated the law
Brothers and Sisters, For the second time in two weeks, Judge Lana Parke ruled that SEIU violated the law in the conduct of an election for workers at Kaiser Permanente. Last fall, nearly 400 Medical Social Workers in Northern California’s Kaiser MSW unit narrowly voted to remain in SEIU by a margin of only nine […]