A federal judge has ordered
SEIU-UHW and Dignity Health to stand trial next month over their
roles in the allegedly illegal firing of a California hospital worker,
according to court records.
On October 17, a
federal courtroom in Los Angeles will offer a picture worth a thousand
words: SEIU-UHW and Dignity Health sitting side-by-side in the defendants’ box.
Dignity is a
multi-billion-dollar hospital corporation that employs approximately 15,000
SEIU-UHW members. Since 2009, SEIU-UHW’s Dave Regan and Dignity CEO Lloyd
Dean have repeatedly inked backroom deals to slash
SEIU-UHW members’ pensions and health insurance, and even impose
wage freezes ... despite Dignity’s healthy profits.
Who’s bringing the
lawsuit against SEIU-UHW and Dignity?
Starla Rollins, a former Ward Clerk
at a Dignity Health’s Community Hospital of San Bernardino for over 20
years.
She alleges that
Dignity illegally fired her in 2012, and that SEIU-UHW (her union) sat on its
hands and refused to help her as Dignity pushed her out the door.
Since filing her suit
in 2013, Rollins has fought her way through a series of appeals filed by both SEIU-UHW and
Dignity. Last October, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in
California ruled
in Starla’s favor and ordered SEIU-UHW and Dignity Health officials to stand
trial over their alleged violations that cost Starla her job of 20+ years.
The three-judge panel ruled:
“We conclude that… the Hospital has breached the Seniority Agreement and the CBA, and that triable issues of fact exist as to whether the Union breached its duty of fair representation.”
In their ruling, the
judges slammed Marcus
Hatcher, who then served as SEIU-UHW’s so-called “Director of
Representational Excellence.” Later, SEIU-UHW President Dave Regan appointed
Hatcher as the director of the union’s Kaiser Division.
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| Starla Rollins |
As far as the
upcoming trial, it looks like SEIU-UHW and its hack attorney Bruce
Harland are running scared.
In recent weeks,
SEIU-UHW’s attorneys twice requested lengthy delays in the start date of
the trial. Harland proposed postponing the start date from October 17, 2017 until
January 2018.
The judge’s response?
“DENIED.”
Check out the judge’s
handwritten response on SEIU-UHW’s request, which Tasty has posted
below.
Stay tuned for more
news.
Federal Judge Denies SEIU-UHW's Request to Postpone Trial over Failure to Represent Union Member by tastysternburger on Scribd
