The National Labor Relations Board has charged St. Joseph’s Health System (SJHS) with multiple violations of federal law in its resistance to SEIU-UHW's efforts to organize over 9000 workers at the California-based hospital chain. The NLRB charges come on the heels of increasing national attention to the struggle, which pits the Mothers of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange--once strong allies of the United Farmworkers of America--against workers seeking to unionize and UFW alumni supporting their side.

UHW has submitted documentation outlining why one healthcare union is the best solution for California’s long-term care workers, rather than having our strength diluted by dividing workers into separate unions. The documents also correct misinformation that was presented last month at SEIU’s bogus hearing on the future of long-term care workers in California.

A federal lawsuit filed by national SEIU leaders against the president of one of the union's largest California affiliates has been dismissed without a hearing.

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U.S. District Judge John F. Walter of the Central District of California, in a ruling Tuesday, dismissed all of the claims.