OAKLAND, Calif., April 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following
release was issued today by SEIU United Healthcare Workers-West:
In recent months United Healthcare Workers-West (UHW) and its allies
inside SEIU have launched a campaign, in the face of constant threats and
retaliation, to reform our International Union.
The most recent act of retaliation is their announcement today of plans
to sue UHW leaders. UHW's elected executive board members created the
education fund in question in full compliance with the law, and
appropriately released all of the details of its actions. Last week, the
fund's board decided to dissolve the fund and return its resources to UHW.
UHW notified SEIU yesterday of this action.
Even so, SEIU scheduled a press conference, talked to reporters and
distributed copies of the suit publicly, all before notifying UHW. The
dissolution of the fund, the remedy sought by SEIU's lawsuit, is already
underway, making it frivolous.
The lawsuit and the PR circus surrounding it are a hoax being
perpetrated on the press and, most shamefully, upon SEIU members, in order
to smear us and shut down the Stern team's political opposition. That, if
anything, is an inappropriate use of members' dues.
SEIU's use of selective enforcement is astounding. Rather than going
after officers and staff of UHW on trumped-up charges, SEIU should be
launching an internal investigation of the Labor Department's recent
charges resulting from Vice President Dave Regan's financial improprieties
and interference in internal union elections in Nevada. SEIU also should
investigate charges against Vice President Tom DeBruin and Assistant to the
President Josie Mooney for interference and possible labor law violations
in delegate elections in California.
Their purpose is to again stifle our dissent, and we won't be silenced.
The 150,000-member SEIU United Healthcare Workers-West is the largest
and fastest-growing hospital and healthcare union in the western United
States and represents every type of healthcare worker, including nurses,
professional, technical and service classifications. Our mission is to
achieve high-quality healthcare for all.
CONTACT: Kim Curtis
Cell 510-206-8248
Email kcurtis@seiu-uhw.org
SOURCE SEIU United Healthcare Workers-West
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CONTACT:
Kim Curtis of SEIU United Healthcare
Workers-West, +1-510-206-8248 (cell), kcurtis@seiu-uhw.org
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