In case you’re wondering what's happening inside the Kaiser partnership negotiations, here are a few images
and an inspiring video from the negotiations.
Remember... these are the same negotiations where SEIU-UHW's
main contract spokesperson is a cartoon character called "Contract Buddy” …and
SEIU’s only worker-mobilization effort has been a "walkathon"
attended by a handful of workers.
Kaiser Permanente CEO Bernard Tyson -- who just announced that Kaiser
pocketed $1 billion in profits during the first three months of 2015 -- seems
very pleased with the Disneyfication of labor negotiations. Tyson even agreed to hang colorful worker-made trinkets atop
his pinstriped suit to please the crowd.
Meanwhile, as workers’ bargaining teams are distracted by their
Kaiser-paid weekends at Disneyland and dance-a-thons, SEIU-UHW's Dave Regan and the
unions' other top officials cut secret deals with the bosses behind closed doors.
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Kaiser CEO Tyson: "Check out my new partnership jewelry" |
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| Regan's lieutenant: Hal Ruddick |
