Who is looking out for who?

PREFACE
THE NAMES OF THOSE WHO MAY NEED PROTECTING HAVE BEEN REMOVED

Re: Fw: Regarding ex leaders of UHW and ex Staff of UHW


I can not believe this is still going on. We are supposed to be stewards of SEIU-UHW and Leaders for our members. Where does it say we tell the Rep's what they can do? We do not give them directives and we are not entitled to do so. They are here to do their job and work with us. They have been nothing but respectful to us and supportive of us since coming back from Admin Leave. Yet here is another negative e-mail which in the being wasn't even shared with all. Some of us are getting really tired of having to defend our Union and Rep's from our own Unions Stewards in the Council.

We need to Remember who we represent and what Union we are. We took an Oath to SEIU-UHW to protect the CBA and the members that are covered under that agreement between SEIU-UHW and Kaiser Permenante. As stewards we need to remember that and move forward on building our Union strength and solidarity.

We can't afford for our council to get anymore Fragmented and Divided. We need to realize that we are not always going to agree, but need to meet in the middle to get the work done. We are after all Union Brothers and Sisters with the belief and conviction of why we do the work of the Union.

I think this comment was completely disrespectful of you, Cassandra (Please let T. know, this will not happen in the future.) You are not a new Steward, but a returning one and it wasn't your place to say this. Oh PLEASE, the whole Security staff, right. There was 3 guards and the supervisor in the am. After what happened when Jorge and Ralph walked in the Steward Council in the middle of the Trustee speaking with us. Which I felt was disrespectful, I am glad they were there. Be careful of how you state things in e-mails, because people can be offended.

We need to either stand up and be leaders of SEIU-UHW or make the decision that you can't support SEIU-UHW and Resign. We can't afford to cause anymore damage or division within our own Union during these difficult times. With Kaiser and our State in a Financial decline, now is not the time to be divided. Kaiser is using this division to go after members, not follow the CBA and push their own agenda without Labor being involved. We must stop fighting and work together.

Those who are still pushing the Decert and Petitions should really think hard about what you are doing. If you don't want to be SEIU-UHW, then why are you still a steward? Why represent the members of SEIU-UHW and the CBA if you can't believe in the Union UHW is? It seems like a contradiction when you are in the role of a SEIU-UHW Steward Leader, but moving to remove that very Union you have sworn an oath to up-hold and protect.

I am sure some of you will agree with me and some of you wont. But that is the beautiful thing about Democracy. We don't all have to agree, but in the end we need to agree to disagree and move foreward. For those who are still wanting more information, do the research. Here are the websites again

www.seiu.org
www. this wseiuvoice.org
www.NLRB
www.LaborLaws
www.factchecks.org
www.consumerwatchdogs.com

I also encourage you to read the COMPLETE Marshall Report, not just the last 6 pages given to us my our former leaders. Also look at the hearing documents and read them. I know it is alot, but after doing that and speaking with people it helped me. You may also want to sit down with the Rep's and talk with them. Ask them about how they were treated
by our former leaders and what they have been going through for the past 2 years.

It's just a thought!


Let me make a few corrections to this email.
Our union is not the leaders of SEIU-UHW or it's employees. (EDITED) herself many times corrected me on this point when I was a new steward (many moons back). We made an oath to the employees of Kaiser represented by SEIU-UHW. The union is you me and our coworkers. The reps and Leaders are those who we pay to represent our best interests.

We did not elect our current Leaders and made no oath to them.

Our Reps and Trustee were disrespectful to us at our last Steward Council when they refused to listen to our democratic voice asking them to step outside our council so we could decide what we needed to do about the situation. They forced us to LEAVE to the parking lot. They acted as if they were employees/managers of Kaiser when they ordered Security to escort Ralph and Jorge out. There was no respect shown to us or our members when they refused to allow any discussion ( even between ourselves ) that they did not agree with. And moments before they were talking about how they plan to protect our voice. Very Hypocritical.

In contrast, when Jorge and Ralph came in they barely said anything. About all I remember is them saying they would step out so as to not continue such a disruption that was being caused. This showed respect to us and even UHW Leaders.

Asking anyone to step down because they question the motives of our reps and our current Leaders is exactly what an Undemocratic movement would ask of dissenters.

To quote Harry S Truman:

Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all its citizens and creates a country where everyone lives in fear.


By acting in the way that SEIU-UHW is, they are doing all the work for NUHW in convincing people why we would not want them representing us.

In my mind there are two options: 1) Join NUHW or 2) Struggle to reform SEIU.
Unfortunately, with SEIU's track record on dealing with those who oppose its views and how it has managed to consolidate power to the upper echelon, I don't think reform will be possible.

I ask all stewards to NOT BE AFRAID to voice concerns or debate what may be best for our members. Unlike N.S., I don't believe those who question our leaders should step down. I believe those who are afraid or unwilling to debate the issues should step down because they are doing their members a disservice. Your fellow employees voted you in as a steward because they believed you would be strong and not afraid to stand up for them.


Brent

YOU GO BRENT!

Let me quote David Regan " This is a sad day"

Not only are you betraying your members you are betraying yourself!

You say you are stand up people but you have deliberately cut Brent, Sandra and myself out of communication. This email only came to us by mistake. I say you are cowards!

Now get down to business

1. I told T. a long time ago when I was a brand new steward, Being a steward is not an extension of my character, being a steward does not, I repeat does not shape who I am or the morale's I live by.

2. You are right we did take an oath and to paraphrase " we promised not to be SHEEP".

3. I took an oath to be loyal to our members not to any UNION and to represent our members to the best of my ability not to David Regan.

4. President Obama even acknowledged that he must hear from both parity's and even us ( go figure) before he would make his decisions. He also said he would talk to the people and tell them the truth!( what a concept). Why on earth do you think you know better than he?

Have you done your research? I think not because if you did you would see that we are being lied to consistently. Ex. at our meeting our SEIU Reps explained away the phone system like it was something new and put in place so the members whose Reps quit SEIU would have someone to get advice from you know this is a lie. This system was put in place by Andy Stern along time ago and the members at Tenet hate it but does he care? Apparently you don't either!

Here's another one, did our Reps tell us that they signed a Loyalty clause to SEIU? Not a loyalty clause to us but to SEIU. If we are loyal only to our Reps and SEIU and our Reps are loyal to SEIU who is left to be loyal to the members or for that matter to you?

Did the Reps also tell us that they were forced to send emails out to us before they returned? Oh I forgot they may have told you but some of us were left off the email communication.

I am astounded by your collective ignorance Our Reps (bless their heart) have to maintain their jobs so they do what they have to do! What may I ask are you maintaining? Some of us have more than members to protect!

I sent an email out simply asking that we as stewards could come together and not one sheep was permitted to respond! I was not raised to be a follower and I wont start now! I mistakenly called you all leaders but it is clear you are not.

To question someone is a sign of I N T EL L E G E N C E
that is a proven fact. Being followers is how we as a country got in the whole BUSH SHIT. You have shown you have not learned your lesson and must wait for someone to tell you what to do next!

David Regan came into our council meeting and poo pooed on all of us and then had the nerve to ask us to commit to it. I bet If I had not interrupted him you would have committed to BULLSHIT. Well you go on girl, jump right in!

Cassandra or anyone else should be able to speak up without fear of being eaten by one of her own I submit to any common sense you have left isn't that what being a steward is? How dare you suggest or offer your opinion about stepping down because she has the fortitude to stand up. You apparently don't know what a steward is. If you all are so sure of yourself why in hell are you hiding behind these secret (oops) emails?

Think about it Sandra, Brent and I stand up for what we believe in front of all of you while you all hide, what does that say about you! Who is stand up?

By the way what coward started the move on Lori? I bet you feel real good about yourself. You not only don't do research you don't know history. Very few if any Leaders succeed when they rise out of corruption!

Finally, this is the first conversation we have had about this situation collectively and it only happened by mistake. I thought we were fighting against silencing our voice!

--One more thing, for all of you who did contact me about meeting with me
secretly step up speak out be heard be strong! No more secrets we all are not SHEEP or Cowards!

--- On Thu, 2/19/09,

From: t w
Subject: Fw: Regarding ex leaders of UHW and ex Staff of UHW
To: "N S
Date: Thursday, February 19, 2009, 6:57 PM


Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T

-----Original Message-----
>;
Amado David ( appointed Director of Kaiser Division SEIU)
Subject: Regarding ex leaders of UHW and ex Staff of UHW


As was stated in your stewards meeting the same process of calling Security or
the Police if necessary will continue. As stated by the Trustee. For any Ex UHW
Officers or Staff who are there solicting Decertification or stopping of Union
Dues.

Thank you
T W & V C

From Cassandra

Please let T know, this will not happen in the future.
What about the whole Security staff that was there. Who had them post at GGMO,
was some type of threat made and where did they receive direction? This is
another SEIU tactic to try and intimidate

From Ralph to Executive

Here is the e-mail correspondence between (edited) Vice President of
Human Resources for the Southern California Region, and me regarding the fact
that T. W. has no ability to call Security on anyone. Ralph


From (edited) to Ralph

Hi Ralph - I didn't hear about this until Friday evening. We have put
systems in place to prevent this in the future. As you can imagine we are very
busy ourselves. Hope all is going well with you.
Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T


Comment: these emails were generated because 1 steward questioned our reps ability to remove people of whom the council invited to our council meeting. Our trustees showed up unannounced so definatley not invited. Now she like the rest of us who dare speak out are being blackballed and God knows what else!