Press coverage for the NUHW/Zombie SEIU trial

Most labor disputes go unreported or woefully under-reported by the LameStream media. In an effort to bring the coverage to the forefront of my readers minds here's a round up of what was covered by mostly local media. Oddly enough the New York Times had a little, very little to say about this monumental Zombie SEIU screw up.


I have decided not to list any press releases written by Zombie UHW media relations flunkie Steve Trossman since they are horribly biased propaganda pieces and I assume none of my readers care in the least what he has to say.

Obviously a lot of the coverage will be duplicative but I feel it's still worth reading to get a consensus view of the trial and it's implications.

First off are Randy Shaw's and Carl Finamore's articles on BeyondChron, followed by Randy's summary of the struggle for union democracy since January 2009.

Local coverage continues with San Francisco Business Times coverage by Chris Rauber, IndyBay, Christopher Cook at San Francisco Bay Guardian.

National coverage includes the kind of super secret teleconference attendee David Moberg of In These Times, Mike Parker at Labor Notes, Steve Early at Monthly Review and finally Stephen Greenhouse of the New York Times wrote a whole paragraph about the trial verdict.

As a blogger I would be remiss if I didn't mention the excellent coverage of fellow bloggers Perez Stern and Tasty Burger (here, here and here).

Much to my surprise the pseudo-bloggers from the trial have nothing to say, despite being ecstatic about the verdict during Friday's teleconference. Lame!

Tired of losing, Zombies throw an 8-way "listen to me" party

Heh heh, the more I look the more I find about the Zombies ever-loosening grip on reality and accelerating loss of connection with their members. Tonight's entry comes from San Francisco Bay Guardian reporter Rebecca Bowe. Perhaps the most interesting part of the article is the indication that with more experience comes perspective, allows one to see things for that really are and make an informed opinion/decision. I wonder if the employee with a whole year under his belt at the time of the trusteeship knows how much things have changed in UHW since the it was forced on us.  A sudden and disastrous change after 29 years is much easier to notice than after 1 year.

The Zombies are the undisputed champions of wasting members' dues money: “I don’t understand why we’re spending money on a picket when we already have a contract.” Contrast that with Richard Gutierrez statement that “we are a united front … united to work against management.” If fighting with management is all that he sees in union membership then he really has know idea what being in a union is all about.