SEIU United Healthcare Workers-West

Healthcare Workers Picket Their National Union to Protect Their Voice for Patients

Published in Managed Care Law Weekly, November 30th, 2008

Caregivers who work in California hospitals, nursing homes, and homecare protested today outside the Los Angeles and Oakland offices of their national union, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU).

The protesters are members of United Healthcare Workers-West (UHW), a local union that has been leading a movement for democratic reform within SEIU. To retaliate against reformers, SEIU's national officials have taken steps to take over the local union through a process called trusteeship. Trusteeship would allow them to oust the local union's leaders --- including more than 70 caregivers elected by their co-workers to UHW's executive board --- and appoint a...

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Source: Managed Care Law Weekly (2008-11-30)

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