Healthcare Prime Target for Neutrality Agreements

by | Jan 31, 2011 | News

Since the Service Employees International Union and the California Nurses Association called a 2009 truce to their war for healthcare employees, they have made extensive use of neutrality agreements in their attacks against hospitals. Such agreements eliminate much chance for employee input during organizing, but labor “experts” say they believe the loss of democracy is worth it for the gains made in member body count. Hospitals and other health care facilities appear to be very sensitive to negative publicity, particularly during IPOs or when they are seeking approval for expansion. This may be the reason they seem so willing to sign the neutrality agreements, as the unions typically promise not to launch corporate campaign tactics against them while the agreements are in place. It appears that neither the SEIU or CNA want the public, or perhaps the employees at the targeted facilities, to know everything that is in these agreements, as they declined to comment on any details. As we have been reporting over the past year, the results have been devastating to hospitals in the Southwest.

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