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NLRB decides in favor of NUHW supporters

NUHW supporters picket OlympiaThe National Labor Relations Board has issued three decisions in favor of NUHW supporters: The NLRB charged Olympia Medical Center with violating the rights of union stewards by disciplining them for supporting NUHW. Records of the discipline will be removed from the workers’ files, and Olympia must promise not to threaten NUHW […]

KRCB-FM: Union vote at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital

Employees at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital are one step closer to a union representation vote, something that could come within a matter of a few weeks.

Steve Sidawi, a volunteer organizer with the National Union of Healthcare Workers, traces the history of the unionization effort at Memorial Hospital.

NY Daily News: SEIU members angry at money spent to fight California healthcare workers

Above, members of Local 1199 protest during a 2007 contract dispute.By Meredith Kolodner

New York’s lowest-paid unionized workers are up in arms over being asked to cough up cash to pay for a labor battle 3,000 miles away.

Members of the Local 1199 hospital workers union say their leadership has already spent too much on a controversial California clash that pits member against member and drains resources during fiscally tight times.

“There is significant sentiment within the union that is questioning the way the dues money is being spent,” said one 1199 leader, speaking on the condition of anonymity. “There are a lot of people who don’t want this war.”