Caregivers fight back by petitioning NLRB for election to win

representation of powerful statewide healthcare union



    STANFORD, Calif., July 30 /EMWNews/ -- Continuing its

long-standing anti-union campaign, Stanford's latest step was to withdraw

union recognition. Undeterred in their decade-long fight to win quality

hospital standards, fair wages and good benefits, caregivers will petition

the National Labor Relations Board for a union election. UHW already

represents most of the hospitals in the area and has cultivated its

reputation of improving patient care and raising worker wages.



    WHAT: Press conference announcing intent to hold union election



    WHO: Assemblywoman Sally Lieber, D-San Jose



    Assemblyman Ira Ruskin, D-Redwood City



    Menlo Park Mayor Andrew Cohen



    hospital workers, community allies



    WHEN: Thursday, July 31



    11 a.m.



    WHERE: Stanford Hospital and Clinics



    300 Pasteur Drive



    Stanford



    With more than 150,000 members, SEIU United Healthcare Workers-West is

the fastest-growing healthcare union in the United States. We represent

healthcare workers in all job classifications and all healthcare settings,

including hospitals, homecare, nursing homes and clinics. Our mission is to

achieve high-quality healthcare for all.



    CONTACT: Kim Curtis, of SEIU, +1-510-206-8248