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Lawmakers and Leaders Urge SEIU to Abandon Takeover of Calif. Healthcare Union
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The list of signers includes state senators and assembly members, Democratic party leaders, members of boards of supervisors of ten counties, leaders of unions and labor councils across the state, religious leaders, healthcare advocates, leaders of seniors' organizations, and heads of Latino, Filipino-American, and Chinese-American organizations.
The letter says that "UHW has consistently acted with the highest integrity, placing the best interests of caregivers, consumers and communities at the center of its work, and placing top priority on efforts to organize workers who do not yet have the benefit of a union."
While recognizing the need for intervention in recent cases of financial impropriety at other SEIU local unions, the letter's signers write to SEIU, "the dispute between your leadership team and the members of SEIU United Healthcare Workers-West is a separate matter that can and should be resolved through negotiation and compromise, without the imposition of trusteeship."
Several months ago, a mediator proposed by SEIU and accepted by UHW offered recommendations for a peaceful path toward resolution of the dispute. UHW representatives accepted the recommendations, but national SEIU officials rejected them. SEIU officials have continued to seek a takeover of UHW through trusteeship, which would replace the local union's democratically elected leaders with a trustee appointed by national SEIU President
The letter urges SEIU officials to accept their own mediator's recommendations, and "seek a peaceful resolution of your dispute with UHW rather than precipitate a crippling civil war inside SEIU,
The full text of the open letter and names of the endorsers can be found at www.seiuvoice.org.
With more than 150,000 members, SEIU United Healthcare Workers-West is the fastest-growing healthcare union in the
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