Posts tagged SEIU-UHW
The Union that May Have Broken California
January 13, 2026 // Billionaire exodus was not the stated goal of the wealth tax proponents: it was an unintended consequence of the ballot language drafting and revision process. SEIU-UHW is a veteran of ballot measure warfare but has a mixed record. It spent $37 million on three failed measures (2018 Proposition 8, 2020 Proposition 23, and 2022 Proposition 29) to regulate the state’s dialysis industry. But their current plan to fan class envy in hopes of securing $100 billion in new state revenue is a far more audacious effort. The original language of Billionaire Wealth Tax set an effective residency date of January 1, 2025, which would have made avoidance legally impossible for current residents. However, after intense legal scrutiny lead to fears that the measure would fail in court, proponents filed an amendment on November 26, 2025. This new version shifted the tax obligation date to January 1, 2026 opening a narrow escape hatch for the billionaires.
1,500 Rady Children’s Hospital workers unionize
January 7, 2026 // According to the NLRB, 1,110 ballots were cast, with 564 workers voting in favor and 546 against. The vote covers approximately 1,500 nonclinical workers, including environmental services attendants, patient care assistants, medical assistants, patient access representatives, food service workers and medical interpreters.
Union Hypocrisy Alert: SEIU-UHW Says “Do as We Say, Not as We Do”
October 13, 2025 // One union spokeswoman defended the measure by saying it would ensure that funding goes to “the core mission”of the organization rather than to overhead. That’s a standard that SEIU-UHW is nowhere close to following itself. The core mission of a labor union is representing its members. Fortunately for the public, labor unions file publicly-available documents detailing exactly how much they spend on “representational activities” every year. In 2024, SEIU-UHW spent just over a third of its revenue on “representational activities” – the union’s “core mission.”
Following layoff announcements, Sharp medical office workers unionize
July 7, 2025 // The election took place by mail from June 9 to 30 to join the union, which represents 120,000 healthcare workers across California. The medical office workers at all six offices known as SharpCare in Coronado, Chula Vista, La Mesa, San Diego, Santee and Spring Valley join 6,000 Sharp workers across the region — including more than 650 earlier this year.
Kaiser Permanente Hospital Employee Slams SEIU with Federal Charge for Illegal Dues Demands and Termination Threats
October 23, 2024 // Charge: SEIU officials illegally threatened to have worker fired if she didn’t sign union membership card and authorize dues deductions
Innercare staves off unionization for now
August 21, 2024 // The fight to unionize 14 Innercare facilities in the Imperial and Coachella Valleys fell short last month, as the Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West lost a unionization election in a 214-132 vote last month.
California labor takes a rare “L” in 2024
August 2, 2024 // Whatever the reasoning, it seems workers are fed up with controversial labor groups who claim to speak for them but don’t share their views or values. It’s possible this latest union rejection could represent a trend for workers across California who are sick of suffering under bad union policies and subpar representation. One thing is certain: 2024 is shaping up to be a year of reckoning for California’s labor unions and their indefensible agendas.
Union losses Innercare election, alleges employee intimidation, harassment
July 31, 2024 // “Certainly the employees suffered from harassment but not from Innercare but from the members of the SEIU,” Gonzalez wrote on the union’s Facebook page Friday. “Not content with harassing them at work, they also had the audacity to show up at their homes and refused to leave even though they were asked to do so.” The Facebook user assured SEIU-UHW members allegedly chased patients around the Innercare parking lot to hand out brochures she considered “full of false information.” “Employees do not need to be represented by such snide and abusive people who do not show the slightest bit of respect and education,” Gonzalez wrote.
Opinion: Kamala Harris’s California quid pro quo for unions
July 28, 2024 // Prime Healthcare Services alleged that the union then told them that it could make the problem go away. “Dave Regan, the president of SEIU-UHW, repeatedly informed Prime… that Harris would approve Prime’s acquisition only if Prime allowed SEIU-UHW to unionize workers at Prime’s hospitals,” according to court documents. SEIU donated to Harris’s 2010 and 2014 campaigns for attorney general as well as her successful 2016 Senate bid. A district court dismissed the lawsuit. It didn’t dispute that there may have been an arrangement between Harris and the union. It instead said that Harris had the legal power to rig the system this way.
SAN DIEGO: Over 1,000 Sharp Chula Vista health care workers vote to unionize
April 30, 2024 // The release stated the staff joined 1,600 workers at Sharp Grossmont Hospital and Sharp HospiceCare who unionized last year, along with 550 Planned Parenthood workers and seven groups of San Diego-area dialysis workers. The union said workers at Sharp Grossmont Hospital are currently in the process of contract bargaining with Sharp HealthCare management.