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Sutter Solano's registered nurses issued a strike notification Friday, and absent a major breakthrough, will walk off the job next month, a nurses union spokesman said Friday.
Hospital officials received word just before noon Friday, said its director of nursing, Kim Trumbull.
"We're disappointed. We really value our nurses and see them as the backbone of the organization," Trumbull said. "But we're fully prepared to bring in replacement nurses. We have plans in place to prevent disruption in patient care."
Saturday, September 29, 2007
NORWICH - Table dealers in Connecticut's rapidly growing casino industry have bet for the first time on organized labor, a step that could cascade from the Foxwoods gaming floors to thousands of other workers.
Armed with signatures collected during the summer, the United Auto Workers union petitioned Friday for a federally supervised election to form a 3,000-member bargaining unit of dealers at Foxwoods Resort Casino.
Already, other workers at Foxwoods are following the lead of the dealers - possibly opening up a vast new workforce to a labor movement struggling to hold on to members at private companies.
Saturday, September 29, 2007
Norwich — Dealers from Foxwoods Resort Casino petitioned the federal government to form a union Friday, setting the stage for a battle over the right to organize at Connecticut's largest tribally owned gaming resort.
The United Auto Workers submitted cards to the National Labor Relations Board in Hartford. The cards are signed by a majority of Foxwoods workers and could authorize a bargaining unit for about 3,000 poker and table-game dealers.
“This is a partnership,” said Robert Madore, director of the union's Northeast district. “You will win. You got to stand strong.”
Friday, September 28, 2007
Registered nurses at Renown Medical Center, are changing unions.
The center announced Thursday night, that RNs will now be represented by the Nevada Nurse Union, through the SEIU.
Many RNs say negotiating a union contract will help set nursing standards, and patients will ultimately receive the quality care they need.
Friday, September 28, 2007
OAKLAND, Calif., Sept. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Registered nurses at up to 16 Northern California hospitals, mostly in the Bay Area, will announce plans today for a major strike in October that could involve up to 5,500 RNs at facilities operated by the Sutter Health chain and the Fremont-Rideout Health Group in Yuba City and Marysville.
Friday, September 28, 2007
DETROIT (Reuters) - The United Auto Workers union's local unit leaders gathered in Detroit on Friday to take a look at the new four-year labor agreement with General Motors Corp (GM.N: Quote, Profile , Research), which paves the way for creation of a health-care trust fund to reduce the automaker's costs.
The agreement allows GM to shift more than $50 billion of retiree health-care liabilities to an independent union-aligned trust -- a breakthrough expected to allow Detroit automakers to cut in half the labor-cost gap with their Japanese rivals.
Friday, September 28, 2007
General Motors workers return to work today after the auto maker agreed to a new labor contract with the United Auto Workers union. The deal ends a two-day strike but questions remain just how much the deal will save GM.
Shares of GM (nyse: GM - news - people ) rose $2.76, or 8.0%, to $37.18, after the company agreed to a tentative contract with the UAW. The UAW represents approximately 74,000 GM employees. The contract ends a national strike that began Monday and crippled GM's production. (See: "GM Strike: Just Like The Old Days")
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Let's take UAW President Ron Gettelfinger at his word when he says, as he did Monday after striking General Motors Corp., "There's not one person on this stage ... that wanted to see these negotiations end in a strike. Who wins in a strike?"
Gettelfinger, of course, blamed GM for being unreasonable.
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
At the request of the California Nurses Association, the federal mediator contacted Fremont-Rideout Health Group and asked the parties to meet this week. The registered nurses agreed to the proposed date of Wednesday, September 26, but FRHG refused.
After RNs directly called on Bill Bravos, Chairman of the FRHG Board of Directors, to direct their attorney to meet, hospital officials have said they are available October 4, but are still refusing to move on any of their proposals. The CNA nurse negotiating team stands ready and willing to meet and negotiate.
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
The United Automobile Workers union wielded its most potent weapon against General Motors yesterday, sending 73,000 workers to picket lines in its first national strike at G.M. since 1970.
Union officials said they were left no choice but to strike because General Motors was unwilling to accept the union’s demand that it protect workers’ jobs and benefits.
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
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