Service Employees Union loses NLRB appeal on election

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.midatlanticlabor.com/appiesnet/wordpress/?p=736

By PAUL TUCKER
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BETHLEHEM, January 4th- The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in Washington, DC ruled against the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Healthcare Pennsylvania Union, which requested the agency conduct a election to determine if employees of Good Shepherd Nursing Home in Bethlehem wanted to be represented by the union.

In the previous edition of the newspaper, it was exclusively reported the Union was awaiting the NLRB decision on when a election would be scheduled and what employees would be eligible to vote.

The SEIU petitioned the NLRB on October 15th, 2008, requesting the agency conduct an Representation Election, to determine if 55 employees of Good Shepherd want the SEIU/Healthcare Pennsylvania, North 2nd Street in Harrisburg, formerly called SEIU/1199P, to be their representative for the purpose of collective bargaining.

According to the petition, obtained by the newspaper through the Freedom of Information Act, the union requested all full-time and regularly part-time certified nursing assistants, unit secretaries, housekeepers, laundry aids, and van drivers employed by the employer at their Schoenersville Road facility in Bethlehem to be eligible to vote. The union requested on their petition all other employees, including Registered Nurses (RN’s), Licensed Practical Nurses (LPN’s), business office clerical employees, guards, supervisors, and managerial staff not participate in the union election.

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[LiberalFighter]

1. The petition was denied because it didn't include another facility.

That is wrong wrong wrong!!

That would be like trying to organize employees of a company with facilities in different countries. Under their ruling the employees of a facility in the USA couldn't organize unless employees in countries A, B and C were also included.