July 31st, 2010
SF Business Times: NLRB sets Sept. 13 as start for giant Kaiser Permanente union election
By Chris Rauber
The National Labor Relations Board has set Sept. 13 as the start date for a by-mail union representation election at Kaiser Permanente, according to the National Union of Healthcare Workers, one of the unions that will take part in the balloting.
Sadie Crabtree, an NUHW spokeswoman, said the agreement was facilitated and approved by Alan Reichard, the NLRB’s regional director for the area. She said it calls for ballots to be returned by Oct. 4, and counted in early October.
July 31st, 2010
NLRB sets date for biggest union election in 70 years
44,000 Kaiser workers win the right to join NUHW and leave SEIU in a mail ballot election starting Sept. 13
SAN FRANCISCO—The National Labor Relations Board has scheduled a government-protected mail ballot election beginning Sept. 13 for nearly 44,000 Kaiser Permanente workers to join the National Union of Healthcare Workers and kick out the incumbent union SEIU. For the thousands of Kaiser workers who began petitioning the labor board to join NUHW more than 17 months ago, victory is finally in sight.
“We’re voting NUHW to protect our raises and benefits, and get our union back under the control of the members,” said Yolanda Chavez, a senior licensed vocational nurse at Kaiser Oakland for 20 years. “We need a stronger voice at work, and a union that will tell us what’s really going on.”
July 31st, 2010
Kaiser workers win election date: Sept. 13!
Victory is in sight for thousands of Kaiser workers who have been organizing to join NUHW for more than 18 months. The federal government has scheduled a government-protected election for 44,000 Kaiser employees to vote to join NUHW and kick out SEIU. [Leaflet] [Full story]
July 28th, 2010
NUHW nurses show strength at Kaiser LAMC
Hundreds of registered nurses at Kaiser Los Angeles Medical Center marched outside the hospital on Tuesday to share their concerns over patient and RN safety at Kaiser Permanente’s flagship Southern California facility. [Full story]
July 27th, 2010
Nurses picket Kaiser over patient safety
Hundreds march in informational picket to improve care at Kaiser’s biggest So. Cal. hospital
LOS ANGELES—Hundreds of registered nurses at Kaiser Los Angeles Medical Center marched outside the hospital today to share their growing concerns over patient and RN safety at Kaiser Permanente’s flagship Southern California facility.
“We want to make our hospital safer for patients and safer for RNs,” said Leila Valdivia, a registered nurse in ICU for 25 years. “Nurses need a stronger voice in determining safe staffing levels and safe working conditions so that every patient can get the quality of care they deserve.”