Daughters of Charity - SEIU-UHW Healthcare Workers West

The Employers also support the right of workers to form and join an employee
organization. They support their right to choose not to do so. It is important when
employees are making such a choice that accurate information about the goals and vision
of any organization that is seeking to represent them be available to the employees to
assist them in making their decision.
Section 2 – Notice of Intent to Organize
When employees have begun signing union authorization cards in an appropriate unit, as
defined herein, the Union shall promptly notify the Employer of the employees in that
unit of its intent to organize a group of employees and identify an appropriate unit.
Within seven days of the Union’s notification to the Employer of its intent to organize an
appropriate unit, the Employer and the Union will distribute a jointly signed reproduction
of the Recognition Procedure as described herein.
Section 3 – Appropriate Unit Defined
The parties agree that, except as provided herein, an appropriate unit is that which is
defined by the National Labor Relations Board for healthcare providers. Appropriate
bargaining units shall be as follows:
1. All professional employees, except physicians and registered nurses;
2. All technical employees, except those already included in existing units;
3. All home health non-professional employees;
4. All home health professional employees;
5. All residual service and maintenance employees; and
6. All Business Office Clerical Employees.
Bargaining units pursuant to this provision will be on a single facility basis, and shall be
as set forth in the National Labor Relations Board Health Care Rules.
Determination of Majority Status/Election. Upon presentation of the percentage of
union authorization cards required by the NLRB to the NLRB from the employees in an
appropriate bargaining unit, as defined above, employees in any of the appropriate
bargaining units are entitled to petition for an election to be held by the NLRB in an
expedient and timely manner.
The Employers and Union agree to the mutual goal of scheduling an election conducted
by the NLRB within forty-five (45) days of the filing of the petition.
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