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Houston Nurses File Decert Petition to Eject Unwanted Union

Will Collins — Fri, 15 May 2009 11:01:03 -0400

Regular Freedom@Work readers may remember the Foundation's ongoing efforts to help Houston nurses fight back against a coercive organizing scheme hatched by Tenet Healthcare Corporation and the California Nurses Association union bosses. We're pleased to report that the Foundation's charges have forced union officials to stop their illegal and coercive organizing efforts at two area hospitals. Not only that, but independent nurses have filed a union decertification petition at a third location. From the Foundation's press release:

Federal Labor Board to Prosecute Tenet Healthcare for Scheme to Sweep Nurses into Unionization

Anthony Riedel — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 12:00:52 -0400

Federal Labor Board to Prosecute Tenet Healthcare for Scheme to Sweep Nurses into Unionization

Employees seek to throw out union after union bosses’ ugly campaign of harassment and coercion

Houston, Texas (April 3, 2009) — National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) prosecutors have filed a complaint this week against Tenet Healthcare Corporation after it entered into a backroom deal with union officials designed to force nurses into union ranks at multiple Houston-area hospitals.

Hospital Employee Challenges Employer's Backroom Deal with Union Operatives

Will Collins — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 12:28:16 -0400

Regular Freedom@Work readers may remember the Foundation's ongoing efforts helping nurses fight back against the California Nurses Association (CNA) union's coercive organizing drives at Houston and Philadelphia-area healthcare facilities.

Now an employee at Hahnemann University Hospital in Philadelphia has again stepped forward, filing unfair labor practice charges against Tenet Healthcare Corporation for giving CNA operatives preferential access to company property for the purposes of union organizing. Previous Foundation unfair labor practice charges also allege union organizers are engaging in illegal prerecognition bargaining: in exchange for company assistance, union officials may have agreed to terms and conditions of employment on behalf of workers they don't even have the power to represent yet.