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The
Technical Election |
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The
technical bargaining unit votes YES! On May 22nd, 2002, techs at CHW
Mercy Sacramento hospitals voted definitively, 244 to 155, to join
Local 250. After a November 2001 election was marred by challenged
votes, the decision was made to hold another election rather than
go to arbitration. This one was more of an open-book quiz, since the
service unit had just bargained a very good contract. Still, the outcome
was by no means certain and the final days of the campaign were as
harrowing as any previous. |
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This photo was taken minutes before
starting the vote count and reflects the nervous excitement experienced
by those who know what it's like to lose. This was the third election
in two years for the technical bargaining unit. They wouldn't take
"no" for an answer and as they are about to see, the union
prevailed! |
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The Big Picture--- The vote count
took place at the Methodist church on H Street, up the street from
Mercy General. Those are the employees on the left, management representatives
on the right. |
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