Diane Hirsch Garcia
----- Forwarded Message ---- From: Jennifer Garcia <[email protected]> To: Diane Hirsch-Garcia <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, September 1, 2010 9:50:18 AM Subject: NUHW email > Dear Friends, > > Do you believe in bottom-up democracy where each person's vote > counts? > > If so, will you join us in the most important battle for democracy in > the history of the modern labor movement? > > http://www.nuhw.org/kaiserelectionvolunteer/ [1] > > Eighteen months ago, SEIU International put 150,000 California > healthcare workers into a "trusteeship" in which workers have no vote > in their own future and no say in their union. In response, > California healthcare workers have formed a new union called the > National Union of Healthcare Works (NUHW) and have demanded elections > to vote to leave SEIU. For almost two years, SEIU has used tens of > millions of dollars of these workers' dues money, political leverage > and legal maneuvers to avoid allowing workers to vote upon whether > they want to stay in the undemocratic SEIU or to join NUHW. > > Last Friday, that changed. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) > scheduled an election for 45,000 Kaiser healthcare workers in > California to begin on September 13. The choice will now be theirs: > Kaiser workers can vote to join NUHW, a democratic, member-driven > union, or they can stay with SEIU a union in which they have no voice. > > > This is a David and Goliath contest. SEIU will spend millions of > dollars of union members' own dues in a top-down campaign against > them. > > Will you help us? > > http://www.nuhw.org/kaiserelectionvolunteer/ [2] > > NUHW urgently seeks volunteers - current or former union staff, > leaders or others who love democracy - to join this member-led, > member-powered campaign. When you volunteer, you will join the > greatest effort in bottom-up labor unionism in decades. The Kaiser > election will be the largest private-sector union election in the > United States since 1941, and the outcome of this election will shape > the progressive movement across California and the country. > > Here is what you can expect. Volunteers on the Kaiser campaign will > participate in intensive organizing and "get out the vote" activities > -- house calling, phone-banking, campaign office work and perhaps even > organizing at worksites. > > NUHW needs volunteers willing to work in different regions of > California. There are Kaiser facilities all over the state...and there > will be many high demand spots. > > NUHW will structure the volunteer assignments, provide supervision, > and assign staff to work with volunteers. We will try to find housing > those who need it in California, but if you can find your own, perhaps > with friends or family, it will help us immensely. > > Will you commit to volunteer your time now and/or find friends and > allies who can? > > http://www.nuhw.org/kaiserelectionvolunteer/ [3] > > We urgently need commitments now from volunteers in and outside of > California to help in two crucial time frames: for GOTV between Sept > 12-26 and any time from Aug 4 thru Sept 11. > > SEIU has spent millions scaring and demoralizing its members. We have > tremendous support among Kaiser workers, but we need to get NUHW's > message to every last worker and then mobilize to turn out tens of > thousands of voters. People-powered movements work. We need you now to > win this one and to build progressive power in the labor movement. > > Please use the form at the link below to share your information and > ability to commit to volunteer with NUHW. > > http://www.nuhw.org/kaiserelectionvolunteer/ [4] > > In unity, > > Sal Rosselli, National Union of Healthcare Workers > > www.NUHW.org [5] > > > > Links: > ------ > [1] http://www.nuhw.org/kaiserelectionvolunteer/ > [2] http://www.nuhw.org/kaiserelectionvolunteer/ > [3] http://www.nuhw.org/kaiserelectionvolunteer/ > [4] http://www.nuhw.org/kaiserelectionvolunteer/ > [5] http://www.nuhw.org/ > > ---- Msg sent via @Mail - http://atmail.com/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:[email protected]?subject=laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! 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