Posts tagged SEIU-UHW
Dignity Health security officers vote to unionize
June 7, 2023 // The results have not been certified by the National Labor Relations Board. If results are certified, full-time and regular part-time emergency management safety officers, public safety security officers, security officers, and security officer leads employed by Dignity at 40 health facilities in California will negotiate their first contract. The vote comes after more than 18,000 healthcare workers at Dignity Health approved a contract that secured an election for security officers.
Sharp Grossmont challenging vote to unionize more than 1,400 health care workers
February 28, 2023 //
Sharp Grossmont Hospital Workers Claim ‘Huge Win’ in Vote to Unionize
February 16, 2023 // The vote – 55% of workers supported joining SEIU-UHW – applies to a variety of healthcare job classes, including licensed vocational nurses, certified nursing assistants, respiratory care practitioners, pharmacy technicians, imaging assistants, certified phlebotomy technicians, healthcare partners, surgical technologists, unit clerks and other frontline workers. This is the fourth group of healthcare workers in the San Diego area to join SEIU-UHW recently. Workers at three Fresenius dialysis clinics voted to join the union last month. Union officials argued that healthcare workers at Sharp Grossmont have struggled with staffing shortages, safety concerns and below-market wages even as their jobs became more dangerous due to the pandemic.
2,000 Cedars-Sinai workers begin week-long strike
May 10, 2022 //
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center workers to strike
May 2, 2022 //