18,290-11,364

As always Randy Shaw has an informative piece on the NUHW loss to SEIU in the Kaiser election.

NUHW bests SEIU, employer

NUHW has again bested SEIU and the employer with an impressive representation election victory (393-122). Randy Shaw's BeyondChron article has the details. The SEIU blamed management intimidation for its withdrawal from a 3 way election. Not only did NUHW win a lopsided victory, it was able to point to the fact it overcame the very employer hostility SEIU ran away from.

SEIU v. NUHW

A federal court jury has ruled in favor of the SEIU and against 16 former officials who bolted from the SEIU and formed the National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW). The verdict awards a money judgment totaling almost $1.6 million dollars. Randy Shaw has a good analysis at BeyondChron.

NUHW whups SEIU 6-1

The kaiser vote favors NUHW. Updated: More details at BeyondChron.

SEIU v. NUHW

Tuesday is vote count day in the showdown between SEIU and NUHW at Kaiser.

NUHW wins Santa Rosa election

In a tight vote, Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital healthcare workers have apparently chosen the National Union of Health Workers (NUHW) as their representative for collective bargaining. The vote was NUHW 283, 263 for No Union, 13 for SEIU. There were 17 challenged ballots. The linked article provides significant detail about the contentious fight between SEIU and NUHW, as well as the roller coaster election tallying of ballots. We have previously blogged about this here and here. The SEIU is being accused of stonewalling the certification by not cooperating in the resolution of the 17 challenged ballots. If the challenges are not resolved there will be a runoff election without SEIU on the ballot, In a close election the outcome of a runoff is not guaranteed.

SEIU/NUHW continue the fight

San Francisco alternative news source BeyondChron has a couple of interesting articles on the SEIW/NUHW dispute. The first details the support NUHW has received from Bay area progressives and labor leaders as well as the increasing isolation of the SEIU. The second, posted Nov. 18, details SEIU's egg throwing at NUHW supporters. A separate post from the Business and Media Institute details SEIU's misadventures well covered in the blogosphere, but ignored by ABC, NBC, CBS. The post ignores Fox.