Remember this
post about SEIU-UHW officials' backroom deal to cut workers’ retirement
plan, health insurance and other benefits at El Camino Hospital in the San
Francisco Bay Area? Well, last week a local newspaper reported
that the hospital's 1,200 workers filed a petition to decertify SEIU-UHW.
Tasty hears that Dave
Regan and Co. are totally panicked about the request by workers. Bruce
Harland (SEIU-UHW’s attorney) has apparently been doing back-flips to try
to block the election -- even asking the labor board to impose an injunction to
stop workers from voting.
And Tasty hears that SEIU officials -- including Lilly Vallee -- have been begging
workers from nearby hospitals to come onto SEIU’s payroll as “Lost-Timers” to
campaign for SEIU because SEIU doesn’t have enough workers inside the hospital
to support it.
What’s the story behind the decert effort? Apparently, the
employees at El Camino Hospital are self-organized, and they collected 500
signatures on the decertification petition all by themselves. The petition seeks
to decertify SEIU-UHW and doesn't ask to replace it with another union.
Why do workers want to get out of SEIU-UHW? According to the
article, here’s what one worker said:
"What am I getting for my money?" asked Robert De
Salvo. "I'm getting absolutely zero."
Stay tuned!
