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Why Don't We Hear About Labor Issues Anymore?

Dave Johnson | Posted May 16, 2008 | Media


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Dave Johnson

Last week security guards working at Kaiser Permanente facilities in California went on strike to protest illegal anti-union activities on the part of their employer, Inter-Con Security. Instead of hiring security guards directly in California, or using a union-friendly security contractor, Kaiser contracts with Inter-Con. The strike lasted three days.

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Shame On Barbara Boxer

Stephen Elliott | Posted May 13, 2008 | Politics


Stephen Elliott

U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) has failed to come out against Proposition 98, the landlord scheme to end rent control in California. The proposition, which would take away municipalities' ability to make their own housing policies based on their own specific needs, is hidden behind the fake title of...

Kaiser Security Guard Strike

Dave Johnson | Posted May 10, 2008 | Business


Dave Johnson

This week I wrote about the Kaiser Permanente / Inter-Con Security Security Guard strike.

The post Security Guards Striking for the Right to Have Our Laws Enforced discussed why the guards are striking. They are employees of Inter-Con Security, Inc., which contracts services to Kaiser Permanente facilities in California....

Unions: Sticking Together to Fight Corporate Power

Dave Johnson | Posted May 9, 2008 | Business


Dave Johnson

I have been writing about the strike by California Kaiser Permanente security guards working for contractor Inter-Con Security, who are demanding that laws be enforced and their rights be honored.

SEIU sent out a press release on the situation, titled, Workers With No Healthcare Protecting Kaiser Facilities, Security...

Why They (And You) Need A Union

Dave Johnson | Posted May 7, 2008 | Business


Dave Johnson

Yesterday I wrote about the security guards who are striking at Kaiser Permanente because their contractor-employer is engaging in illegal tactics while trying to block them from forming a union. The guards work for Inter-Con Security Inc., which is contracted by Kaiser to provide security services.

You can read...

Security Guards Striking for the Right to Have Our Laws Enforced

Dave Johnson | Posted May 6, 2008 | Business


Dave Johnson

There is a three-day strike starting today at Kaiser Permanente hospitals in California. 1800 security guards are striking for three days in an "unfair labor practice" action. This strike is not against Kaiser and is not to ask for money or benefits; it is not even to form a...

The Moment for Change

Andy Stern | Posted April 25, 2008 | Politics


Andy Stern

There is a real and important debate being held in both the labor movement and in our country right now about how to best serve workers' interests.

We believe it is both healthy and a sign of a vibrant democracy for people to stand up -- in both their...

Labor's Self-Inflicted Wounds Threaten Progressive Movement

Kelly Candaele | Posted April 17, 2008 | Off The Bus


Kelly Candaele

By Peter Dreier and Kelly Candaele

Just as we are on the precipice of a major political realignment, a possible resurgence of progressive politics in Washington, the backbone of that movement -- organized labor -- is engaged in a self-destructive internal battle. This could not only...

Labor's Self-Inflicted Wounds Threaten Progressive Movement

Peter Dreier | Posted April 17, 2008 | Off The Bus


Peter Dreier

By Peter Dreier and Kelly Candaele

Just as we are on the precipice of a major political realignment, a possible resurgence of progressive politics in Washington, the backbone of that movement -- organized labor -- is engaged in a self-destructive internal battle. This could not only...

SEIU Growth from the Bottom Up

Dr. Karen Stephen | Posted April 16, 2008 | Politics


Dr. Karen Stephen

I've had a number of brief flirtations in my life. One was in 1993. I decided to become a manager. The experience was earmarked by all the characteristics of brief flirtations: heady anticipation followed by heaps of disappointment. As with all ill-fated assignations, a singular moment in time marked its...

Just Work: This is What a Union Victory Looks Like

Raquel Mack | Posted April 16, 2008 | Living


Raquel Mack

Last weekend, I joined with 1500 of my colleagues to sign the first ever union contract for private security officers in Washington, D.C. It was a big deal. Even the Washington Post wrote about our win -- how we secured a significant hourly pay increase, minimum annual raises, paid sick...

Will Andy Stern Repudiate Violence In the Union Hall?

Jamie Court | Posted April 15, 2008 | Politics


Jamie Court

Hundreds of Service Employee International Union (SEIU) staff and members stormed a progressive union gathering in Dearborn, Michigan this Saturday -- dispensing injuries, bruises and split heads to conference-goers at a Labor Notes magazine strategy session. Today AFL-CIO President John Sweeney spoke out against the violence and called...

SEIU's Latest Disgrace -- Violent Attack on Michigan Meeting of Union Members and RNs

Deborah Burger | Posted April 13, 2008 | Politics


Deborah Burger

In its latest deplorable action, the Service Employees International Union bused in hundreds of its purple clad staff to break up a conference of union members and activists Saturday night in Dearborn, Mich.

Ironically enough, union democracy and empowering workers was one of the themes of the conference, sponsored by...

SEIU Stalking, Harassing Nurses at Home-Is This the Face of a 'Progressive' Union?

Deborah Burger | Posted April 11, 2008 | Politics


Deborah Burger

Roving bands of Service Employee International Union staff showed up on the home doorsteps of leaders of the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Association Thursday, harassing and verbally threatening them in a disgraceful escalation of SEIU International's campaign against CNA/NNOC.

Notably, the attacks focused on women leaders forced to confront squads...

Just Work: United We Stand, Divided We Fall

Scott Hanson | Posted March 27, 2008 | Politics


Scott Hanson

Last week, I read in the New York Times how the "unusually militant" California Nurses Association (CNA) swarmed into Ohio hospitals and broke up a scheduled union vote for some 8,300 Ohio hospital workers to join with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU).

It didn't make much sense...

Ohio Nurses' Union Busted By California Nurses

Stephanie Taylor | Posted March 25, 2008 | Politics


Stephanie Taylor

There are 8,000 hospital workers in Ohio who should have joined the union last week but did not -- because of the union-busting tactics of the California Nurses Association. I used to work for SEIU District 1199 in Ohio, working for years on this very campaign to unionize nurses,...

Union War Erupts In Ohio

Chicago Tribune   |  Stephen Franklin   |   March 13, 2008 12:50 AM


An explosion of insults between officials from the Service Employees International Union and the California Nurses Association capped a scrapped effort Tuesday to sign up 8,300 workers at eight Ohio hospitals. Workers at Catholic Healthcare Partners facilities had been scheduled...

SEIU Texas, Ohio Spending Nearly $1 Million To Support Obama

The Atlantic   |  Marc Ambinder   |   February 25, 2008 01:28 PM


According to independent expenditure notices filed with the Federal Election Commission, the Service Employees International Union plans to spend more than $700,000 over the next week to help Barack Obama in Texas and Ohio. Additionally, the union's powerful local 1199,...

Just Work: Barack Obama is the Fundamental Change Working America Needs

Lynn Radcliffe | Posted February 15, 2008 | Politics


Lynn Radcliffe

Today, when my union--the Service Employees International Union--endorsed Barack Obama for President--I felt that same surge of excitement that has been sweeping the nation: the time to reclaim the American Dream for workers is now, and Barack Obama is our ticket.

I work for the Cleveland Municipal School...

Powerful 1.9M-Member Union Backs Obama

AP   |  JESSE J. HOLLAND   |   February 15, 2008


WASHINGTON — Sen. Barack Obama won the support Friday of the 1.9-million member Service Employees International Union, his second endorsement in as many days from large labor organizations and a fresh sign of momentum in the Democratic presidential race with...
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