The Service Employees International Union has won a vote to keep representing 45,000 employees of Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
The vote was a result of a battle between an SEIU local in California and the National Union of Healthcare Workers, a smaller organization run by former SEIU leaders, to represent the system's workers, according to the report.
SEIU received 58.4 percent of the employee vote, with NUHW getting 40.6 percent. With the win, SEIU will continue to receive roughly $40 million in annual dues from Kaiser employees like nursing aides, pharmacy technicians, cafeteria workers and janitors, according to the Wall Street Journal.
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The vote was a result of a battle between an SEIU local in California and the National Union of Healthcare Workers, a smaller organization run by former SEIU leaders, to represent the system's workers, according to the report.
SEIU received 58.4 percent of the employee vote, with NUHW getting 40.6 percent. With the win, SEIU will continue to receive roughly $40 million in annual dues from Kaiser employees like nursing aides, pharmacy technicians, cafeteria workers and janitors, according to the Wall Street Journal.
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