On Mar 11, 2008, at 4:46 PM, Mark Rickling wrote:
> For the time being, at least, the CNA has been successful in its
> union-busting campaign in Ohio:
>
>
> For Immediate Release:
> Contact: Michelle Ringuette
> March 11, 2008
> (202) xxx-xxx
>
> Thousands of Ohio Nurses and Other Healthcare Employees Denied a Voice
> at Work After Vicious Union-Busting Campaign by the California Nurses
> Association
I sent this to the CNA's press person, Chuck Idelson, who sent along the press release that SR has already forwarded, along with this headnote, which is worth quoting:
> here's our press release. what SEIU did in Ohio was try to codify
> company unionism. they had the employer file for the election
> without a single card from an employee -- basically imposing a
> union on the employees -- then maneuver to have the election take
> place in a way to preclude anyone else from participating. then
> when we had nurses show up to present alternative information to
> the employees, the hospital went to court to get a TRO to prevent
> us from talking to people and two of our folks arrested... this is
> not a model of democratic unionism, it's a model of banana republic
> style election