Hospital’s Leaders Accused of Anti-Union Tactics
August 8, 2008 | Read Time: 1 minute
The Service Employees International Union United Healthcare Workers-West is trying to unionize more than 8,000 employees at five St. Joseph Health System hospitals, a chain of healthcare providers in California operated by nuns, says The Los Angeles Times.
But union leaders say the nuns have violated the order’s commitment to worker advocacy by holding mandatory meetings to discourage workers from unionizing, preventing union officials from distributing materials, intimidating labor organizers, and hiring anti-union consultants.
Over the past two years, the unions have reported the hospitals’ tactics to federal labor officials and published newspaper ads calling into question whether the sisters have adhered to Catholic teachings.
The nuns deny any wrongdoing.
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