NUHW and the fight for union democracy

[the last donut of the night]

An interesting article on a possibly growing militant union movement in the US:


NUWH, UNITE HERE and a few other unions are on the cutting edge, committed to a bottom-up, social unionism--a union by workers, for workers, governed by workers, versus this corporate unionism of SEIU, where all authority and decision-making and resources are concentrated among a few folks in Washington, D.C.

The rest is here (http://socialistworker.org/2010/05/27/nuhw-and-fight-union-democracy).

[RED DAVE]

From the OP link:


NUWH, UNITE HERE and a few other unions are on the cutting edge, committed to a bottom-up, social unionism--a union by workers, for workers, governed by workers, versus this corporate unionism of SEIU, where all authority and decision-making and resources are concentrated among a few folks in Washington, D.C.Now doesn't that taste good?

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[redasheville]

From the OP link:

Now doesn't that taste good?

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I am a big supporter of the NUHW. I recommend that everyone with an interest in the American labor movement read "Labor's Civil War In California" published by PM Press.

[syndicat]

Does NUHW provide for local unions in its constitution? The old UHW was a single statewide bureaucratic entity. It's not feasible for rank and file workers to actually control a union "local" that spreads over more than 400 miles. Roselli can talk about a union for and by workers, but how is it actually to be run?

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Does NUHW provide for local unions in its constitution? The old UHW was a single statewide bureaucratic entity. It's not feasible for rank and file workers to actually control a union "local" that spreads over more than 400 miles. Roselli can talk about a union for and by workers, but how is it actually to be run?I am trying to get the actual text of Roselli's program.

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NUHW and the fight for union democracy


In January 2009, Andy Stern, then the president of the Service Employee International Union (SEIU), moved to place the union's big California health care unit, United Healthcare West (UHW), into trusteeship after then-UHW President Sal Rosselli and members challenged his corporate-friendly policies. Rosselli, formerly president of SEIU Local 250--a predecessor of the UHW--and member of SEIU's executive board, was summarily ousted.

Rosselli, along with other officials, staffers and rank-and-file hospital workers, helped form the National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) to create a democratic, fighting union as an alternative to SEIU. Since then, NUHW has replaced SEIU as the representative of workers at several employers through union decertification elections. These gains have come despite the overwhelming resources and intimidation tactics of SEIU, including the filing of a $25 million lawsuit against Rosselli and several others.

Rosselli spoke to Lee Sustar about what's been accomplished so far and the fight ahead.http://socialistworker.org/2010/05/27/nuhw-and-fight-union-democracy

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[the last donut of the night]

Dave, that's the same thing I initially posted. Why post it again?

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Dave, that's the same thing I initially posted. Why post it again?My bad. :crying: It's late.

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