[lbo-talk] UAW/GM/worker militance

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed Sep 26 15:51:21 PDT 2007


On Sep 26, 2007, at 6:36 PM, Mark Rickling wrote:


> Contrary to their public statements about never cutting a deal with
> the employer, C.N.A has recently signed an agreement with Tenet
> Healthcare which will let Tenet employees organize more easily under
> the CNA banner. Tenet has nurses in the Dallas, Houston and El Paso
> markets in TX. See:
>
> http://www.calnurses.org/media-center/in-the-news/2007/august/
> page.jsp?itemID=31736051

They can't have said they'd never cut a deal with an employer - what else is a contract? Did they agree to lobby for Tenet, or leave certain facilities unorganized, or muzzle the workers?

Doug



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