[lbo-talk] SEIU defends Kaiser-Permanente

[Doug Henwood]

[Those of you who've seen SiCKO know how Kaiser-Permanente dumped a  
homeless woman suffering from dementia onto the street. SEIU defends  
Kaiser! From an article by Charles Andrews]

<http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/andrews050907.html>

[...]

Enter SEIU

United Healthcare Workers-West (UHW-W), a large subunion within the  
Service International Employees Union (SEIU), represents many Kaiser  
workers.  One might expect UHW-W to recognize in SiCKO a wonderful  
opportunity to expose and denounce Kaiser Permanente's systematic  
incentives to minimize the care provided to members.  The barely  
hidden profit drive makes work at Kaiser intense, frustrating, and  
stressful for many Kaiser employees.

Instead, UHW-W attacked Michael Moore for "smearing the reputation of  
one of our nation's most progressive, reform-minded, pro-worker  
health-care organizations: America's premier not-for-profit, pre- 
paid, integrated health-care delivery system, Kaiser Permanente."

[SEIU statement: <http://www.seiu-uhw.org/mediacenter/news/page.jsp? 
itemID=28672235>]