Labor's Civil War in California: The NUHW Healthcare Workers' Rebellion
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| Rating | : | 4.72 (835 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B003PJ7JY8 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 261 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-02-15 |
| Language | : | English |
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Understanding the SEIU in California In 2008, 100 scholars, labor educators and activists urged SEIU President Andy Stern, in a May Day letter of concern, not to trustee (take over)its 150,000 member California local United Healthcare Workers-West (UHW-W). Signers included Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn, David Mo. John Thurston said SEIU: absolute power absolutely. This is an eye-opener for any worker who is still union and every worker who is still within the "belly of the beast" being digested ("represented") by SEIU. The terminology of "the" union, third person singular (King Andy Stern and all his appointed cronies) has never be. Elisabeth Altieri said Must Read. There are a couple of typos and a timeline of key events would have been nice but if you want to know what's going on in this labor struggle in California and you want to sort out the facts from the propaganda, read this. Especially for the reader who, like me, needs a hi
I understand why they are fighting so hard now to rebuild their organization, now the NUHW. "I am a witness to how hard these workers have fought to have their own organization, to have the quality organization and the high standards they have won. I want to commend these workers and the high quality of their leadership - I have worked with them for years. This is a book that that everyone needs to read." —Dolores Huerta
The resulting rift and retaliation from SEIU leadership culminated in the UHW membership being forced to break out and form a brand new union, the National Union of Healthcare Workers. A clear analysis of tactics and politics, this thorough account examines the dispute between the United Healthcare Workers (UHW) union in California and its parent” organization the Service Employees International Union (SEIU)one of the most important labor conflicts in the United States today. Timed to coincide with elections in California, this detailed history calls for a reexamination of the ideological and structural underpinnings of today's labor movement and illustrates how a seemingly local conflict actually speaks to the rights of laborers to control their own fates.. The UHW rank and file took umbrage with the SEIU’s rejection of traditional labor values of union democracy and class struggle and their tactics of wheeling and dealing with top management, and