Sunday, March 14, 2010

Desperate for attention, Zombies inform Candians about UHW trials

You know nobody cares about your cause when a majorly trumped up trial against former employees can't garner any free media attention. Shown below are the identically worded and the only press coverage about the upcoming trial. Both are from pay-to-play PR websites featuring the same tired arguments trotted out against the former leaders. This is evidence of yet another basic principle of interpersonal relations lost on the Zombies: if you have to pay someone to publicize your point of view then this should be a pretty good sign about the world's view of your argument. Put another way: Listen here Zombies, no one cares about your bogus trial. This is clearly an attempt to discredit NUHW, squander ever more dues paying members money on a futile effort and run NUHW out of town. In a year since the disastrous trusteeship can the Zombies point to one legitimate victory for their members? Zombies, feel free to chime in. I check my email frequently!

From what I've heard the trial will be 2 weeks long and the hearing officer is tightly limiting the focus, so much so that there is only 18 hours of testimony (per side) divided among the 26-ish former employees being questioned. At best this is just over 40 minutes per witness ! Is that worth the Zombies time and money? Of course not, but the Zombies are hell-bent on making an example of NUHW, and I suspect they will end up shooting themselves in the foot. Also, the judge has barred the Zombies from seeking damages for the Memorial and Fresno elections.

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For my readers who want to support NUHW the trial is in San Francisco starting Monday, March 22. I've been told since the Zombies are likely to make a circus of the trial supporters of NUHW are encouraged to take the high road and just wear NUHW button to show support. The hours and address of the trial are shown just above the Like Minded Folks sidebar.


Here's the same bit published in Canada. Canada! Do you think anyone in Canada cares about what is going on in California? Or is this just a sign of how desperate the Zombies are to get their point of view across


Will they succeed in their goals? No, but I'm sure it will backfire on them horribly, and we'll all be having a good gut laugh once this charade is through. More as it comes: the saga of David v. Goliath is only going to get better!

2 comments:

  1. The Zombies are definitely and, yes, desperately trying to get attention for their phony charges against NUHW. These charges have been refuted and NUHW will be exonerated at the upcoming trial in San Francisco.

    NUHW RISING! UNITE HERE RISING! SEIU DIMINISHING!

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  2. The SEIU believes that they can discourage NUHW volunteers and thousands of members from leaving SEIU by suing over twenty former UHW officials and members. The phony charges are all about muzzeling healthcare and homecare workers from voicing their opinions and desire to choose the union they want to represent them. SEIU's strategy of lies, fear and intimidation will not work. California's healthcare and homecare workers are acutely aware of SEIU's backroom deals that have direly cost workers. For example, California's health industry is now required to pass on the cost of benefits to workers because the SEIU opened the floodgates when they agreed with management at Doctor's Hospital in San Pablo that healthcare workers pay for their own health benefits. Additionally, California's healthcare and homecare workers have suffered many takeaways, including wage cuts, layoffs, furloughs and no guarantee of job security.

    We've had enough of the corrupt SEIU in California and they should just leave.

    NUHW RISING! UNITE HERE RISING! SEIU DIMINISHING!

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