Code of Conduct for SEIU-UHW Executive Board
and other leadership bodies within SEIU-UHW
Our mission is to achieve healthcare justice by ensuring we get all of our members to
retirement with everything they deserve and we deliver for the common good.
Our four planks to achieve that are:
- Organize SEIU into a million member organization in California.
- Become a premier healthcare organization fighting for healthcare justice for all.
- Provide representational excellence.
- Develop 10,000 leaders in our workplaces and communities.
As a workers’ organization, our Executive Board (and bargaining teams, steward councils, caucuses, and other leadership groups) provides essential leadership to this mission and we are serious about executing this plan. Our members are counting on us and we know that we must act with integrity, responsibility, and accountability, and create an environment where every member feels respected, can fully participate in the organization, and members can be proud of their leaders.
Because we take these commitments seriously we have high expectations to which we will hold each other accountable, including:
- We will not tolerate:
- discrimination and prejudice based on race, gender, sexual orientation,
- gender identity, disability, age, class, religion, language, and immigration status;
- sexual harassment;
- illegal substances according to federal, state, and local laws at union events; and
- violence, abusive behavior, or bullying.
- We will speak up when we see or hear the things happening and encourage others to do so as well.
- If we drink at union events, we do it responsibly and respectfully, and ensure behavior of which we can be proud.
- We understand that our participation is paid for by our members, so we will do what we were sent here to do including showing up on time for all meetings,
staying until they are finished, and fully engaging. - We will follow through on the commitments that we make as a Board to the members of the union.
- We will respect personal space, including when sharing a room, by not bringing guests into shared rooms except with the explicit consent of our roommate, and respecting boundaries of others.
- We will support people who come forward with complaints, investigate them thoroughly in a fair and impartial manner and will not allow for retaliation against those who make complaints.
- We will expect complete honesty from all parties in investigations of violations in order to protect the integrity of the Code and not tolerate false accusations.
Process for raising a complaint:
In order to create as many venues as possible for people to raise a violation of this policy, violations can be reported to any of the below listed individuals:
| WHO TO CONTACT FOR CODE OF CONDUCT QUESTIONS | |
|---|---|
| Lori Pimentel | (510) 861-2519 |
| SEIU-UHW Kaiser Executive Committee | |
| Zelda Aaron | (909) 438-7527 |
| SEIU-UHW Hospital Executive Committee | |
| Hillary Distefano | (510) 685-3778 |
| SEIU-UHW Kaiser Ethics Officers | |
| Linda Cornell | (650) 690-6248 |
| SEIU-UHW Hospital Ethics Officers | |
| Sarah Steck | (510) 206-0134 |
| SEIU-UHW Ethics Officer Liaison | |
| Suzanne Jimenez | (323) 215-6453 |
| SEIU-UHW Chief of Staff | |
| Michaela Ponser | (510) 671-4961 |
| Weinberg, Roger & Rosenfeld | |
| William Hanley | (510) 337-1001 |
| Weinberg, Roger & Rosenfeld | |
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