In April alone, by a more than 20-to-1 margin SEIU-UHW members are choosing to stay united in their union over NUHW. With these victories, workers in 41 facilities have reaffirmed SEIU-UHW as their union. Since Rosselli and the others were removed from union office 15 months ago, 70,760 SEIU-UHW members have chosen to stay in SEIU-UHW - more than 96% of the members who have faced an election.

The caregivers at the eight nursing homes – Windsor Manor of Concord, Windsor Gardens of Hayward, Windsor Park Care Center of Fremont, Windsor Skyline Care Center in Salinas, Windsor Monterey Care Center in Monterey, Windsor the Ridge Rehabilitation Center in Salinas, Windsor Gardens of Salinas, and Windsor Country Drive Care Center of Fremont – were resolute in wanting to keep SEIU-UHW as their union. To avoid an overwhelming defeat NUHW withdrew its petitions with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and called off the elections just days before the votes scheduled between May 10 and 17.

“It's been a long time coming, but we finally got NUHW out. Now, we can move forward united in our union, SEIU-UHW, and focus all our energy on the issues that really matter in our facility,” said Kimberly S. Williams, a certified nurses assistant, at Windsor Manor of Concord.

In April, the other facilities in which SEIU-UHW members eliminated the NUHW threat to their union are:

• St. Francis Medical Center, part of the Daughters of Charity Health Systems, in Lynwood, 920 workers
  
• Tiburcio Vasquez Clinic in Hayward, 80 workers
  
• Millbrae Serra Convalescent Hospital in Millbrae, 90 workers
  
• Tiller Oakridge Care Center in Oakridge, 100 workers
• Lifehouse in San Jose, 120 workers
  
• Golden Living (Beverly Manor) Convalescent Center in Fresno, 160 workers
  
• All Saints Sub-Acute & Rehabilitation Center in San Leandro
  
• San Marco Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Concord, 90 workers
  
• Marysville Care Center in Marysville, 90 workers
  
• Vista Manor Nursing Center in San Jose, 80 workers
  
• Cedars of Marin in Ross, 20 workers
  
• Yuba City Care Center in Yuba City, 50 workers
  
• Empress Care Center in San Jose, 60 workers
  
• Greenfield Care Center of Fairfield, 60 workers
  
• Shields Nursing Center - El Cerrito, 50 workers
  
• Shields Nursing Center - Richmond, 50 workers
  
• Kingsburg Care Center in Kingsburg, 70 workers
  
• Creekside Care Center (Heritage) in Stockton, 50 workers
  
• Washington Care and Rehabilitation Center in San Leandro, 60 workers
  
• Country Villa in San Rafael, 60 workers
  
• University Mound Ladies Home in San Francisco, 20 workers
  
• Clovis Convalescent Hospital in Clovis, 50 workers
  
• Golden Living (Beverly) Center - Hy-Pana in Stockton, 70 workers
  
• Golden Living (Beverly) Center in Galt, 70 workers
  
• Hayward Convalescent in Hayward, 80 workers
  
• Central Gardens Convalescent Hospital in San Francisco, 80 workers
  
• Mission Bay Convalescent Hospital in San Francisco, 35 workers
  
• Avalon Chowchilla nursing home in Avalon, 50 workers
  
• Willow Pass Healthcare Center in Concord, 80 workers
  
• Elmwood Care Center in Berkeley, 60 workers
  
• Kyakameena Sanatorium in Berkeley, 50 workers
  
• San Leandro Healthcare Center in San Leandro, 60 workers
  

Beyond these losses, NUHW has been facing unprecedented setbacks on multiple fronts in recent weeks. In April a Federal jury held the union and many of its officers and staff liable for $1.5M in damages for their conduct as they were removed from SEIU-UHW and formed their new union. NUHW's recently filed annual financial disclosure indicates that they were $1.5M in debt even before the judgment.

"NUHW gave up because we continued to be strong and united in our union, SEIU-UHW. We're excited to put this behind us and focus on the things we need to accomplish here at Windsor," said- Vilma Valencia, RNA at Windsor Country Drive Care Center of Fremont.

Caregivers at Enloe Medical Center (Crothall) in Chico (80 workers) and the In-Home Supportive Services Consortium in San Francisco (500 workers) will be voting on May 11 and May 17, respectively.

Rather than face defeat, NUHW is still desperately trying to stop elections at Sutter Delta Medical Center in Antioch, Sutter Solano Medical Center in Vallejo, Sutter Eden Medical Center in Castro Valley, O'Connor Hospital in San Jose, St. Louise Regional Hospital in Gilroy, and Centinela Hospital in Inglewood. In many cases NUHW is now challenging the composition of the bargaining units, even though they are the same bargaining units for which they themselves petitioned for the election.

For more information, or to talk to workers involved, please contact Adriana Surfas at 510.869.2246 or asurfas@seiu-uhw.org.
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SEIU United Healthcare Workers-West (SEIU-UHW) is the largest hospital and healthcare union in the western United States with more than 150,000 members. We unite every type of healthcare worker with a mission to achieve high-quality healthcare for all. SEIU-UHW is part of the 2.1 million-member Service Employees International Union (SEIU), the nation's fastest-growing union. Learn more at www.seiu-uhw.org