Pro union Ben Affleck, Boston Workers and Bad Faith CEOs

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jane-hamsher/ben-affleck-boston-worke_b_68866.html

You gotta give it up for Ben Affleck. The guy showed up yesterday for an event with no glitter and glam but a whole lot of people simply trying to better their lives -- the healthcare workers at Boston's teaching hospitals who are struggling to get the CEOs of these institutions just to agree to let them have a fair, supervised union election.

But the CEOs are cringing like a bunch of shrinking virgins whose date just tried to cop a cheap feel, as if they've never heard of such an inconceivable outrage. They have called the SEIU's list of requests for fair elections both "undemocratic" and "unnecessary" given the fact that the NLRB has rules regulating such things.

Dear me. Let's have a look at those outrageous demands:

* Management agrees to abstain from spending any patient care resources on efforts to dissuade employees from unionizing.
* Both the union and the employer agree not to disparage each other and to present only factual information.
* Employees are allowed to exchange and discuss information about unionization.
* Management does not take a position on unionization, but allows employees to make up their own minds.
* Employees are given access to union representatives and information at the workplace.
* Management agrees to schedule an election without delays and respect the decision employees make.
* Management and the union agree to a fair, timely and binding enforcement process for these guidelines.

"If it's already illegal, it shouldn't be so difficult to agree to it," said the SEIU's Dana Simon.

FULL story at link.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

1. I love that man.

He's a man of principles and depth. Hope he runs for office one day.