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Caregivers
and Community Activists Call for Protest Rally at Marian Manor's "End-of-the-Summer
Steamer"
Group seeks commitment from management to not spend tax dollars
interfering in workers' freedom to choose a union.
Workers at Marian Manor Nursing Home and their South Boston community
supporters are planning a solidarity rally at the nursing home's "End-of-the-Summer
Steamer" fundraiser scheduled for Marine Park in South Boston on
Saturday September 8 from 3:30-5 p.m.
Employees at Marian Manor have been attempting to organize a union
since August 2000 when a majority signed union membership cards and
requested that management voluntarily begin talks with workers about
pay and staffing. Management responded by aggressively interfering
in the employees' freedom to choose a union.
Workers filed unfair labor practice charges that triggered an investigation
by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The board issued formal
complaints on 68 charges that managers at Marian Manor were "interfering
with, restraining, and coercing employees in the exercise of their
rights" including discriminating against its employees to discourage
union membership.
The labor board's complaint included that three union activists were
fired and one employee was suspended in retaliation for their activities
or support for the union. Most of this unlawful interference with
the employees' freedom to choose has occurred during paid time, taking
workers away from resident care. About 70 percent of the home's funding
for the care of residents is from taxpayers.
Union supporters at Marian Manor have been subjected to unrelenting,
coercive interference from management. The NLRB has filed complaints
against management for 68 unfair labor practices in violation of
federal labor laws, included unlawful terminations and discipline.
Marian Manor's employees want to show management that there is broad
community outrage about management interference in their freedom
to organize and the nursing home's spending public health care dollars
on union busting. Please show your support by joining SEIU Local
285 at the solidarity rally at Marine Park, in South Boston on September
8th from 3:30 to 5:00 PM! If you need more information about the
workers' efforts to form a union or the rally, please contact SEIU
Local 285 at 617.442.4100 x139. |
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