June 30th, 2010
KPFA Radio: 45,000 Kaiser healthcare workers file for election
KPFA radio interviews Kaiser San Francisco caregiver George Wong as 45,000 Kaiser workers file petition for an election to join NUHW. The election will be the largest-ever private sector union in California history.
June 29th, 2010
Kaiser workers launch biggest labor battle since 1940s
California labor leaders support petition for 45,000 caregivers to quit SEIU and join NUHW
LOS ANGELES—Thousands of Kaiser healthcare workers fired the first shot today in a long-anticipated battle for independence that will determine the future of California’s largest union, SEIU. They filed a petition that will trigger elections for 45,000 SEIU members to choose between the troubled incumbent and the state’s fastest-growing union, the new National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW).
“We worked for decades to make Kaiser jobs good, stable jobs that paid enough so people in our communities could support their families,” said Robert Hernandez, a materials management clerk at Kaiser Baldwin Park for almost 20 years. “Now since SEIU officials took over our union last year, Kaiser has announced layoffs, cut benefits, and started turning good jobs into contingent or flexed positions. We’re ready to put healthcare workers back in charge of our union again.”
June 29th, 2010
45,000 Kaiser workers win the right to vote!
United Farm Workers co-founder Dolores Huerta stands with Kaiser workers filing their petition to join NUHW.Kaiser workers filed a petition today that will trigger elections for 45,000 SEIU members to choose between the troubled incumbent and the state’s fastest-growing union, NUHW. “We worked for decades to make Kaiser jobs good, stable jobs that paid enough […]
June 20th, 2010
KPFA: Labor board rejects SEIU charges and prepares to schedule elections for thousands to join NUHW
KPFA interviews Alta Bates Summit Medical Center worker Beverly Griffith about the coming elections for tens of thousands of California healthcare workers to join NUHW.
June 17th, 2010
Labor board to throw out bogus claims made by SEIU, paving way for thousands to vote and join NUHW
The National Labor Relations Board’s Office of Advice has issued a directive to the NLRB’s four California offices, recommending the final dismissal of charges that the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) has used to block fair union elections for more than 16 months. As a result of this decision, long-delayed elections may now be scheduled […]