The NLRB has found SEIU-UHW officials guilty of rigging an
illegal unionization scheme with HCA, the nation’s largest hospital corporation,
which forced 200 Southern California hospital workers to join SEIU earlier this year.
The findings -- which are documented in an official NLRB notice posted below -- recall a
similar episode at Chapman Medical
Center. In August of 2012, the NLRB reversed the results of a
union-representation election for 220 of Chapman’s workers after
determining that SEIU-UHW had illegally rigged the vote count in collusion with
hospital executives.
SEIU-UHW’s track record of fraudulent elections raises
obvious concerns as Dave Regan tries
to negotiate a
sweetheart unionization pact with the California
Hospital Association that would allow SEIU-UHW to unionize 100,000 workers
without any employer resistance but would force the workers into cheap,
pre-negotiated contracts that ban strikes.
So what happened at the HCA hospital?
After HCA purchased Thousands
Oaks Surgical Hospital, SEIU-UHW cut a deal with HCA executives that forced
the hospital’s 200 Registered Nurses and other staff to join SEIU without a
vote and forced them to immediately begin paying dues to SEIU.
In May, the hospital’s workers filed charges with the NLRB alleging
that HCA executives and Dave Regan colluded to force the 200 workers into SEIU.
After an investigation, the NLRB overturned the unionization scheme and forced SEIU-UHW to post the following notice informing
workers of their right to a democratic vote that allows them to elect the union of their choice.
