SEIU-UHW Battle Intensifies

Or it could cease to exist, replaced by a new statewide SEIU health care union. According to UHW, the election lacks legitimacy for several reasons, including the fact that less than 10% of 309,000 eligible voters cast ballots, while 125,000 union members filed protests. But SEIU insists that the realignment of UHW workers will enhance worker unity and power, while also facilitating new organizing. SEIU also maintains that Roselli has reversed course in opposing the creation of a single local for California long-term caregivers; the UHW leader says he still supports such an entity, but SEIU is circumventing the democratic process.. As the war of words escalates, prospects for a mediated solution diminish.

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