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Thu Sep 6 2007 (Updated 10/20/07)
Workers Deliver Message to Hospital CEO
Fair Election Agreement Would Establish Rules for Union Process
Workers from Community Medical Centers in Fresno delivered their CEO a message. The message, delivered by about 100 healthcare workers and their allies, is that they want a fair election, free of threats and intimidation, so they can decide for themselves if Service Employees International Union - UHW will represent them.
Speaking at the press conference, preceding the delivery of the letter, Letty Mendoza an employee of the hospital spoke about what has been going on since they announced the organizing drive last week. Mendoza said "yesterday I had to go to an anti-union meeting. They said that they didn't care if we formed a union. He just said he wanted us to have all the facts, but those facts were lies. He offended me because he said only 20 people came to the press conference on the 27th of last month. I told him that 200 people came. . . I kept correcting his lies and then a charge nurse came and made me leave the meeting. That's not right and it made some of my co-workers mad." Mendoza said they were delivering a letter to CEO Tim Joslin today that calls for an agreement that will result in free and fair elections.
The workers were supported by several local elected officials, including Fresno City Council woman Cynthia Sterling. Sterling said "I'm here today to support the free and fair election agreement proposal for healthcare workers at Community Medical Centers. This agreement will protect the rights of those workers to decide for themselves if they want to form a union. These workers want to become union to improve the lives of their patients and their families.
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Fair Election Commission Formed
Speaking at the press conference, preceding the delivery of the letter, Letty Mendoza an employee of the hospital spoke about what has been going on since they announced the organizing drive last week. Mendoza said "yesterday I had to go to an anti-union meeting. They said that they didn't care if we formed a union. He just said he wanted us to have all the facts, but those facts were lies. He offended me because he said only 20 people came to the press conference on the 27th of last month. I told him that 200 people came. . . I kept correcting his lies and then a charge nurse came and made me leave the meeting. That's not right and it made some of my co-workers mad." Mendoza said they were delivering a letter to CEO Tim Joslin today that calls for an agreement that will result in free and fair elections.
The workers were supported by several local elected officials, including Fresno City Council woman Cynthia Sterling. Sterling said "I'm here today to support the free and fair election agreement proposal for healthcare workers at Community Medical Centers. This agreement will protect the rights of those workers to decide for themselves if they want to form a union. These workers want to become union to improve the lives of their patients and their families.
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Fair Election Commission Formed
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