Kaiser Workers Start Vote To Select Union Representation

Beginning Monday, about 44,000 Kaiser Permanente employees will vote to retain the incumbent Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West as their union or switch to the National Union of Healthcare Workers. Voting will last until Oct. 4.

• "Union Showdown" (Hart, Santa Rosa Press Democrat, 9/12).
• "Thousands of Kaiser Employees Start Union Vote" (Verel, North Bay Business Journal, 9/13).
• "Labor Conflict Comes at Bad Time for California Democratic Party" (Freedberg, "California Watch Blog," 9/13).