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43,000 Kaiser Workers Set to Vote in Bitter Union Faceoff
Los Angeles Times ^ | 9-14-20100 | paul.pringle@latimes.com

Posted on 09/14/2010 6:23:45 AM PDT by pwatson

43,000 Workers Set to Vote in Bitter Union Faceoff Starting this week, about 43,000 Kaiser employees up and down California will choose between the giant Service Employees International Union and the pint-sized NUHW, whose leaders broke away from the larger union early last year. Balloting is by mail. The stakes are huge, beyond the wards and clinics of the roughly 300 Kaiser locations taking part in the vote.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: seiu; union

1 posted on 09/14/2010 6:23:47 AM PDT by pwatson
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To: pwatson

Interesting article. Thanks for posting it.

It doesn’t seem like there’s a great deal of difference between the SEIU and NUHW - although I guess I’d like to see SEIU lose the vote.


2 posted on 09/14/2010 6:28:37 AM PDT by MplsSteve (http://www.demmerforcongress.com)
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To: pwatson

I hope they kick the union bums and thugs out.


3 posted on 09/14/2010 6:28:57 AM PDT by Ev Reeman
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To: pwatson
Balloting is by mail.

Welcome back the SEIU then. ("Hey lookee Carl, we's just found 1,000 ballots sittin' on a loading dock somewhere's")
4 posted on 09/14/2010 6:39:12 AM PDT by GunningForTheBuddha ("RINOs, shoo")
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To: pwatson

Sounds like voting for the frying pan or the fire...


5 posted on 09/14/2010 6:39:28 AM PDT by ltc8k6
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To: GunningForTheBuddha
Balloting is by mail.

Wonder which side the postal unions are on?

National Postal Mail Handlers Union (NPMHU)

American Postal Workers Union (APWU)

National Rural Leter Carriers Assn (NRLCA)

National Assn of Letter Carriers (NALC)

6 posted on 09/14/2010 6:48:31 AM PDT by moovova
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To: pwatson
“The stakes are huge”

Yeah, I bet! I have no idea what these union members are paying annually in dues, but if each union member is paying only $500 a year, that amounts to $2,1500,000 for the union bosses to spend on themselves and their favorite Democrat politicians.

7 posted on 09/14/2010 6:53:56 AM PDT by Nevadan
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To: pwatson

Isn’t there another choice? None of the above


8 posted on 09/14/2010 7:17:55 AM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: pwatson
Sounds to me like they all might be getting nervous about obamacare getting repealed.

Not good for Kaiser or these service unions if REAL, consumer-driven healthcare reform takes place.

9 posted on 09/14/2010 7:46:29 AM PDT by Siena Dreaming
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