Pocono Medical Center workers: 'You can keep trying, but this union will not be broken!'

[Omaha Steve]

http://unionreview.com/pocono-medical-center-workers-039you-can-keep-trying-union-will-not-be-broken039



1:35 PM Eastern - Tuesday, May 10, 2011

By Richard Negri

Workers at the Pocono Medical Center (PMC), members of SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania, are in the fight of their life to protect their union, their families and good jobs in the Poconos.

In October, a strong majority of PMC workers voted in a Federal government-supervised election to keep their union shop. One would think that the hospital would respect the workers' democratic vote and move forward toward ratification of the next contract. But instead, PMC has continued to intimidate workers and refused to settle a new contract if the workers don't deliberately weaken their own union.

The workers refuse to be muted by the company. With thousands of their sisters and brothers around the country, they will hold a mass march and rally on Saturday, May 14th to call on the hospital to end its Wisconsin-style attacks.

The march will start at East Stroudsburg University, with the kick-off rally beginning at 12 noon. SEIU President Mary Kay Henry will lead the march, and supporters are descending on the Poconos to join the rally from cities including Philadelphia, New York, Boston - even as far away as Wisconsin and Colorado.

FULL story at link.