On Jun 7, 2008, at 12:02 PM, Mark Rickling wrote:
> NYSNA is an affiliate of the NNOC. The CNA/NNOC blew up the CHP union
> vote and then started raiding SEIU units. SEIU has responded in kind.
Dunno about that. Looks like the SEIU has a grudge against the UAN, the national group of which the NYSNA is part.
Doug
<http://www.nysna.org/news/online/2007/bna_rpt.htm>
UAN Adopts Principles for Talks With Other Unions on Possible Affiliations
Related article: Online Exclusive: National Labor Assembly Report Reproduced with permission from Daily Labor Report, No. 56 (March 23, 2007) pp. B-1 - B-2. Copyright 2007 by The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. (800-372-1033) <http://www.bna.com>
After prolonged debate, the United American Nurses March 21 adopted a set of principles intended to guide the union's executive council in discussions about possible affiliations with other unions representing registered nurses.
In a rebuff to the Service Employees International Union, delegates to UAN's National Labor Assembly voted 66-52 to amend the set of principles put forward by the union's executive council.
The amendment, which was opposed by the executive council, instructed that body not to enter into any affiliation agreement, under which UAN would become a local of another union, would be required to conform to the constitution and bylaws of another union, or have its members become members of the other union.
Several hours of debate on the affiliation principles followed a keynote speech by Dennis Rivera, president of United Health Care East and 1199 New York, SEIU, who urged UAN to enter into a "partnership" with SEIU to unite the registered nurses of both unions into one entity of 200,000 nurses.
Rivera said UAN and SEIU officials have had "conversations about our ideas" to bring all nurses together under one roof, but do not have any "deal." He added, however, that SEIU has suggested that under such a partnership his union's 85,000 RNs would become members of UAN and UAN would keep its name and its leadership.
PRINCIPLES FOR DISCUSSIONS After prolonged debate following Rivera's presentation, the delegates adopted a resolution that set out the following principles to guide the executive council in its discussions with other unions concerning possible partnerships or affiliations:
UAN would remain autonomous with full control over its governance, finances, and membership. UAN would continue to be the preeminent national union representing RNs. UAN would continue to be the decision-maker on all national programmatic and policy issues related to RNs. The resolution also instructed the executive council to be as "transparent as possible" in its discussions with other unions and communicate regularly with the affiliates. Any affiliation agreement would be subject to ratification by the National Labor Assembly.
Some delegates appeared angry that Rivera was asked to address the assembly, since his union has withdrawn from the AFL-CIO and UAN still is an AFL-CIO affiliate. Others expressed distrust of SEIU, with one saying she did not believe that the union would "hand us 85,000 nurses."
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