NLRB: SEIU-UHW Is Out at O'Connor Woods

Friday's vote by 175 workers at Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital wasn't the only loss suffered by SEIU-UHW during the past week. In a separate action, the NLRB formally certified the results of an earlier election in which 186 employees at O'Connor Woods in Stockton, California voted to dump SEIU-UHW. 


Here's what happened:


In February, workers at O'Connor Woods voted to decertify SEIU-UHW by a margin of 93 (No Union) to 77 (SEIU-UHW). Apparently, workers rebelled against Dave Regan and Co. after SEIU staffers refused to return employees' phone calls or give them basic support. Tasty hears that Vicky Jackson was the main SEIU staffer asleep at the wheel. In addition, she apparently headed up SEIU's failed election campaign in February. 


After the NLRB's vote count in February, SEIU-UHW spokesperson Elizabeth Brennan confidently predicted that SEIU-UHW would overturn the election results because of alleged 'widespread' misconduct committed during the election. In fact, SEIU's attorneys -- including Bruce Harland -- filed no fewer than 34 "objections" to the election in legal papers submitted to the NLRB. 


It turns out, however, that SEIU-UHW's claims were hot air. By last week, all 34 of SEIU's objections had either been dismissed by the NLRB or withdrawn by SEIU. Consequently, the NLRB finally certified the results of the February election. 


All in all, it looks like things must be bad inside SEIU-UHW. After all, it's a bad sign when the union's members would rather work without a union than be members of SEIU-UHW.

CA Workers Bolt SEIU-UHW in NLRB Election

This just in... On February 1st, approximately 200 healthcare workers in Northern California voted to leave SEIU-UHW and work without a union. Tasty hears that the NLRB's final vote count was 93 ("No Union") to 77 (SEIU-UHW). The workers had been part of SEIU-UHW for many years, but complained that Dave Regan and Co provided zero support to the union's  members. Here's the decertification petition that workers filed in December to request this week's election.

The workers are employed by O'Connor Woods, a retirement facility and nursing home in Stockton that's connected to Catholic Healthcare West. They include Certified Nursing Assistants, Patient Care Attendants, Housekeepers, Dietary Workers, Maintenance Workers and others.

More Workers Seek Exit from SEIU-UHW

In the latest blow to Dave Regan and Co, a group of 200 SEIU-UHW members has requested an NLRB election to decertify the union so they can become “non-union.”

The effort is underway at O’Connor Woods, a retirement facility located near Stockton in Northern California. Tasty hears that the workers -- including Certified Nursing Assistants, Patient Care Attendants, Housekeepers, Dietary Workers, Maintenance Workers and Laundry Workers -- are totally fed up with the SEIU-UHW's lack of support for its members. 

Here’s the NLRB form that records workers' request for a decertification election: "A substantial number of employees assert that the certified or currently recognized bargaining representative is no longer their representative."