Now here’s some SEIU watching that has us on the edges of our seats! The United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial Services Workers International Union (aka “the Steelworkers”) has filed an election petition to represent all full and regular part-time organizing and collective bargaining staff at the Hartford, CT and Providence, RI locations of the New England Health Care Employees Union (NEHCEU) District 1199, SEIU. You might be asking yourself what the hell the Steelworkers are doing trying to represent union organizers but then you’d be grossly over simplifying this little intrigue. The better question would be – what does the USWA want from 1199 (think no-raid agreement) to withdraw this sham petition and dump these poor unsuspecting organizing organizers like a sack of hot rocks. Trust we will be watching this very closely and with plenty of popcorn.
