More Union News
Posted by Patti on July 10th, 2007 / Print This Post
As noted in the previous article posted here, nursing home operators figure out ways to circumvent the unionizing process, unions continue to battle onward.
A ruling in favor of healthcare workers in a 1999 strike at Avery Heights could force the nursing home to pay more than $4 million in back wages and benefits, labor leaders say.The National Labor Relations Board ruled that Avery Heights violated federal labor by secretly hiring workers to permanently replace employees who were on strike.
It’s only a matter of time before these nursing homes seek alternative ways to retain staff. Ways in which they don’t have a part of the hiring, wage and benefit packages and other human resource issues.