NLRB: Workers at Two More California Facilities Are Dumping SEIU-UHW

The workers at Alta Bates Summit Medical Center aren’t the only ones who are leaving SEIU-UHW, according to the NLRB.

Apparently, workers have become so disgusted with SEIU-UHW's backdoor deals with corporate execs that some would prefer to have no union rather than be stuck in SEIU-UHW. 

Earlier this summer, hundreds of SEIU-UHW members at San Jose Medical Group, which operates a half dozen outpatient clinics in San Jose, California requested an NLRB election so they can leave SEIU-UHW and work without the support of any union, according to NLRB records.

Since the election request was filed, SEIU-UHW’s attorneys have been working overtime to block and stall the election.

At a second Northern California facility, SEIU-UHW’s members have already voted to become non-union.

According an official "Tally of Ballots" issued by the NLRB (see below), workers at 99-bed Bay Area Healthcare Center in Oakland voted by a margin of 61% (No Union) to 39% (SEIU-UHW) to dump SEIU-UHW, which is headed by "Wall Street" Dave Regan. 

Why?

Since 2009, Regan has worked hand-in-glove with giant healthcare corporations to slash SEIU-UHW members' wages and benefits. He's allowed hospital corporations to eliminate pensions for more than 30,000 SEIU-UHW members while also accepting wage freezes and health insurance cuts for many more. 

After SEIU-UHW lost the election at Bay Area Healthcare Center in February, SEIU-UHW’s attorney Bruce Harland used every stalling tactic in the book to delay the implementation of the final results. However, each purple monkeywrench has eventually been tossed aside by judges and the NLRB.

Here's the NLRB's "Tally of Ballots" from the election at Bay Area Healthcare Center:

  Nursing Home Workers Decertify SEIU-UHW: NLRB Tally of Ballots at BAHC 2-18-2015

Not Even a Phone Call?

Remember this post about 150 workers at Shasta Regional Medical Center who reportedly are trying to leave SEIU-UHW?

At the end of the post, Tasty mentioned he'd heard rumors about a similar decert effort in the Bay Area but didn't have details.

Well, readers say the decert effort is happening at San Jose Medical Group, a chain of outpatient clinics that serves 125,000 patients in the Bay Area and employs 250 SEIU-UHW members. The decert petition, which has already been filed with the NLRB, covers dozens of classifications including Medical Assistants, LVNs, Rad Techs, Cardiac Sonographers, Patient Services Reps, Switchboard Operators, Clerks, etc. According to the reports, the workers got fed up after they got zero help -- not even a phone call -- from the trusteed union.

Well, with two more decerts filed in just the first few weeks of January, it's not shaping up to be much of a happy new year for the trustees...