March 26th, 2011
Workplace health and safety survey
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), the federal agency responsible for making recommendations for the prevention of work-related injury and illness, is asking healthcare workers to respond to this 30-minute survey to assist the agency in keeping our workplaces safe: http://www.niosh-healthcare-survey.org Taking the time to fill it out will help keep our […]
March 26th, 2011
Woodland Nursing Facility Workers Vote 40 to 4 to Leave SEIU and Join NUHW
Woodland, California – Following on the heels of a near-unanimous vote on Wednesday by workers at the Cottonwood nursing home to leave the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and join the National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW), employees of the Woodland skilled nursing facility near Sacramento voted yesterday to switch unions by a vote of 40 for NUHW […]
March 26th, 2011
Workers at Cottonwood Healthcare Vote 54 to 1 to Leave SEIU and Join NUHW
Woodland, California – Workers at Cottonwood Healthcare nursing home voted almost unanimously yesterday to leave the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and join the National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW). The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) completed the vote count yesterday, with a final tally of 54 for NUHW to a single vote for SEIU. […]
March 26th, 2011
In The News: Health care workers at two Woodland nursing homes vote to leave Service Employees International Union and join rival NUHW
By Mark Glover The Sacramento Bee March 25, 2011 Workers at Woodland Nursing & Rehabilitation and the Cottonwood Healthcare Center nursing home in Woodland have voted overwhelmingly to leave the Service Employees International Union and join the National Union of Healthcare Workers. Wednesday’s vote at Cottonwood was 54-1, and Thursday’s vote at Woodland Nursing was […]
March 26th, 2011
In The News: Cottonwood Healthcare nursing home breaks with SEIU
By Kathy Robertson The Sacramento Business Journal March 24, 2011 Workers at the Cottonwood Healthcare nursing home in Woodland voted this week to leave Service Employees International Union and join its two-year-old rival. The National Labor Relations Board completed the vote count Tuesday, with a final tally of 54 to 1 in favor of the National Union […]