By Aída Chávez
Colorado Planned Parenthood
executives, with help from President Donald Trump’s labor board
appointees, are fighting their health center workers’ unionization
efforts in a case that could set a precedent for workers’ rights
nationwide.
The case is Rocky Mountain Planned Parenthood Inc. v. SEIU.
Staff for Planned Parenthood of the
Rocky Mountains, in coordination with SEIU Local 105, won the election
for their union in December 2017. But shortly after the vote to
unionize, Planned Parenthood leadership, instead of recognizing the new
unit, turned to the Republican-controlled National
Labor Relations Board to challenge the outcome. The Planned Parenthood
bosses won the first round, and the appeal will now move to the full
five-member labor board.
In April, Trump
labor board appointees Marvin Kaplan and Bill Emanuel sided with
Planned Parenthood’s argument that the union ought to include all the clinics in the regional agency, which spans three states. Meanwhile, former President Obama’s appointee, Lauren McFerran, voted against the appeal and in favor of the workers.
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Source: The Intercept_
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