In compliance with Article XXII of the Constitution and Bylaws, a secret ballot election, conducted by mail, beginning on February 27, 2023, and ending on March 20, 2023, for the SEIU-UHW Executive Board: All members will vote to elect a President, a Vice-President, and eight (8) members of the Executive Committee, elected union-wide. Within each of UHW’s two divisions (Hospitals and Kaiser), members will also vote to elect:

• Twenty-two (22) additional members of the Executive Committee. Each division is entitled to fill one (1) divisional Executive Committee position for every 5,000 members in the division, by geography, as follows: Hospitals – 11 positions,  Kaiser – 11 positions
• Two hundred and thirty-six (236) Executive Board Members allocated by division and geography, one (1) Executive Board position for every 500 members, as follows: Hospitals – 112 positions, Kaiser – 124 positions
• Four (4) Advisors to the Executive Board—one (1) Ethics Officer and one (1) Financial Officer for each of the two divisions.
• Two (2) Retiree Member Representatives (1 per division)

Important Documents

• Nomination Notice
• Candidate Checklist
• Nomination Forms
  • Unionwide
  • Eboard
• Nomination Petitions
  • Unionwide
  • Eboard
• Sample Documents
  • Sample ballots
  • Petition Unionwide
  • Petition Eboard
  • Nom. Form Unionwide
  • Nom. Form Eboard
• Slate manager protocol
• Slate candidate tracker
• Constituencies
  • Hospital
  • Kaiser

Important Dates

• Nomination Notice mailed: December 27, 2022
• Ballots mailed: February 27, 2023
• Deadline to receive ballots: 5 p.m. March 20, 2023
• Ballot count: March 21, 2023

Requesting a Replacement Ballot

If you haven’t received your ballot, you can request a replacement by calling the election hotline at 209-259-6740 or by sending an email to uhwrequests@mkelections.com. In order to expedite the process of getting a replacement, please provide your full name, home address, facility you work at, and phone number in the email.

The SEIU-UHW 2023 Election Committee

Edith Hurtado, Kaiser San Francisco

David Luna, Kaiser Panorama City

Khyla Wilson Junior, West Oakland Health Council

Warren Torrence, Jr., Dignity Health Medical Foundation

Christina Ferreira, Twin Cities Community Hospital

Juan Buenrostro, Providence St. Joseph Medical Center

Email: boardelections@seiu-uhw.org

Phone: 510-869-2222