Kansas City, MO (August 12, 2010)<\/b> \u2013 With free legal assistance from the National Right to Work Foundation, a Kansas City nurse has filed unfair labor practice charges against two unions and her employer for signing a \u201cneutrality agreement\u201d that gives union organizers preferential access to Research Medical Center.\n<\/p>\n
\nMary Hill and many other nurses oppose unionization at Research Medical Center. Despite these reservations, HCA, Inc., Research Medical Center\u2019s parent company, agreed to help organizers from two collaborating unions impose monopoly bargaining on Hill and her colleagues.\n<\/p>\n
\nHill states that, facing pressure from Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and California Nurses Association (CNA) union organizers, the company signed a secret \u201cneutrality agreement\u201d with officials from both unions.\n<\/p>\n
\nAlthough the exact terms of this secret pact are unknown, HCA has given CNA and SEIU organizers wide-ranging access to employee break rooms, lounges, and other company facilities. On the other hand, HCA is refusing to grant employees who oppose unionization equal access to its facilities, and has gagged supervisors from discussing unionization with concerned employees.\n<\/p>\n
\nAlthough it appears the \u201cskids have been greased\u201d for union officials to gain monopoly bargaining control of employees at Research Medical Center, employees who oppose unionization are thus left at a disadvantage. CNA union officials are already facing charges for using similar tactics during union organizing drives at Philadelphia and Houston hospitals.\n<\/p>\n
\nHill\u2019s complaint will now be investigated by the National Labor Relations Board.\n<\/p>\n
\n\u201cCaught between union bosses and corporate executives who sell out employees to gain what will likely be very short term union boss favors, Kansas City employees have been stripped of their rights to organize against forced unionism in their workplace,\u201d said Patrick Semmens, Legal Information Director for the National Right to Work Foundation. \u201cMedical professionals shouldn\u2019t be subjected to backroom deals that give union operatives preferential treatment at the expense of employees\u2019 workplace rights.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Kansas City, MO (August 12, 2010)<\/b> \u2013 With free legal assistance from the National Right to Work Foundation, a Kansas City nurse has filed unfair labor practice charges against two unions and her employer for signing a \u201cneutrality agreement\u201d that gives union organizers preferential access to Research Medical Center.\n<\/p>\n
\nMary Hill and many other nurses oppose unionization at Research Medical Center. Despite these reservations, HCA, Inc., Research Medical Center\u2019s parent company, agreed to help organizers from two collaborating unions impose monopoly bargaining on Hill and her colleagues.\n<\/p>\n
\nHill states that, facing pressure from Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and California Nurses Association (CNA) union organizers, the company signed a secret \u201cneutrality agreement\u201d with officials from both unions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[888],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n