CNA: California Nurses Association
General Labor News
NYSNA: New York State Nurses Association
SEIU: Service Employees International Union
UAW: United Auto Workers
USWA: United Steelworkers of America
CNA: California Nurses Association
More nurses are non-union (Letter to Editor)
(12/14/2006) - Pasadena Star News - (Genevive M. Clavreul)
[Pasadena, CA]
Perhaps the California Nurses Association (CNA) would serve its limited membership better if they didn't mislead it and the
public with misstatements. In particular the "could deprive hundreds of thousands of registered nurses of their workplace protections and democratic
rights."
Community Hospital Nurses Vote to Join Union
(12/15/2006) - Los Gatos Observer - (Alastair Dallas)
[Los Gatos, CA]
About 250 registered nurses working at Community Hospital of Los Gatos voted Thursday night to join the California Nurses
Association. The vote, described by the CNA as a "landslide," unionizes the San Jose area's last non-union hospital. 72% of voters chose to join CNA, one
of the fastest-growing unions in the country, boasting some 70,000 members through its national affiliate.
Some Tri-City nurses petition to decertify union
(12/19/2006) - North County Times - (Paul Sisson)
[Oceanside, CA]
A movement is afoot among some of Tri-City Medical Center's 700 registered nurses to leave the nursing union they joined in
2005. Doreen Sanderson, vice president of human resources at Tri-City, confirmed Monday that she received a petition from more than 240 Tri-City
registered nurses on Nov. 15. She added that the signatures represent 30 percent of the hospital's total nursing workforce, meeting the threshold for a
secret-ballot election within 90 days.
Schwarzenegger Wrestles With Health Care
(12/21/2006) - Wall Street Journal - (Jim Carlton)
[San Francisco, CA]
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger took on infrastructure problems in California earlier this year. Now, he is turning to another
challenge: health care in the Golden State. Mr. Schwarzenegger has been huddling with advisers in the past few weeks to come up with a plan to provide
health coverage to the state's 6.5 million uninsured and underinsured.
General Labor News
Unions Hope Democrats Will Counter GOP Policy Changes
(12/18/2006) - Washington Post - (Zachary A. Goldfarb)
[Washington, D.C.]
For the past six years, unions that represent most federal employees have argued that the Bush administration has been hostile
to the needs of workers -- keeping pay raises low, trying to prevent employees from organizing in the departments of Defense and Homeland Security, and
outsourcing government jobs to the private sector.
Labor's Man in '08?
(12/21/2006) - Washington Post - (Robert D. Novak)
[Washington, D.C.]
While Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama soak up media attention, John Edwards has pushed for organized labor's
support. No decisions have been made, but the former senator from North Carolina and 2004 vice presidential nominee is the front-runner for winning over
the big, dynamic unions that left the AFL-CIO almost 18 months ago.
NYSNA: New York State Nurses Association
Board issues ruling; Charge nurses can take part in vote to unionize
(12/20/2006) - Asbury Park Press - (Andrea Alexander)
[Toms River, NJ]
The nurses at Community Medical Center should get a chance to vote early next year on a proposal to unionize following a
ruling that determined who can participate in the election. The National Labor Relations Board issued a ruling that allows "charge" nurses — who act in a
supervisory capacity when nurse managers are not on a floor — to participate in the election.
SEIU: Service Employees International Union
Some at Y-NH see no need for union
(12/16/2006) - New Haven Register - (Mary E. O’Leary)
[New Haven, CT]
A group of workers, who oppose unionization at Yale-New Haven Hospital, say no one is speaking for them and they want an
election as soon as possible to settle the issue. Some 15 long-term workers took a break from work Friday to talk about their jobs and their desire to keep
things as they are. "I don’t need the union to be a voice for me. I got a good nurse manager and that’s who I can go to," said Jannie Bittle, who has worked
at Y-NH for 34 years.
Two Largest Mall Owners and SEIU Announce National Partnership to Create a New Standard
That Lifts Thousands of Workers Out of Poverty
(12/18/2006) - PR Newswire - (Service Employees International Union)
[Washington, D.C.]
Two of the nation's largest mall owners, Simon Properties Group and Westfield Properties, and the nation's largest union of
property services workers, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), have formed a partnership that will raise national workforce and service
standards in the retail and service sectors and pave the way to lift approximately 5,000 workers at the bottom of the economic ladder out of
poverty.
Janitors union shops for a mall worker contract
(12/20/2006) - Houston Chronicle - (L.M. Sixel)
[Houston, TX]
After weeks of loud protests and traffic tie-ups, many Houstonians are familiar with the SEIU's Justice for Janitors campaign.
But the Committee for Justice for Mall Workers? It turns out that the same union that recently led a monthlong strike on behalf of the 5,300 janitors who
clean office buildings in Houston has been quietly leading a campaign against the nation's biggest shopping malls.
UAW: United Auto Workers
U.A.W. President Won’t Rule Out a Merger With Another Union
(12/14/2006) - New York Times - (Nick Bunkley)
[Detroit, MI]
With membership in the United Automobile Workers union at its lowest level since World War II, the president of the U.A.W.,
Ron Gettelfinger, left open the possibility on Thursday of a merger with another union.
USWA: United Steelworkers of America
Steelworkers launch campaign for Goodyear strikers
(12/14/2006) - People's Weekly World - (Bruce Bostick and Roberta Wood)
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The United Steelworkers union has announced a massive solidarity campaign to support the 15,000 striking Goodyear workers
and their families. The campaign begins with a National Day of Action Dec. 16, with 100 demonstrations in 100 cities at Goodyear facilities across the
nation.
Steelworkers Launch Website Exposing ING Group for Questionable Business Practices (RELEASE)
(12/20/2006) - BusinessWire - (United Steelworkers)
[Pittsburgh, PA]
United Steelworkers (USW) formally launched the website www.can-you-trust-ING.com to educate the investment community
about recent questionable investment and business practices of the Dutch banking giant, ING Group. In addition, the website spotlights ING’s refusal to
uphold its own business principles in the area of worker and human rights.
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