Nurse Blocked from Voting on New Contract After Refusing to Sign New Union Card
Wisnewski v. SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania
Alan Wisnewski is a forensic registered nurse at SCI-Waymart State Prison. He must accept SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania (“SEIU”) as his representative in collective bargaining.
Alan filed a lawsuit, Wisnewski v. SEIU, claiming that officials told him he could not vote on a new contract because he would not sign a new union card. Regardless of the fact that Alan was already a union member.
However, SEIU officials didn’t tell Alan all the facts: chiefly that new union card contained language that purported to prevent those who signed from ending union dues deduction from their wages except for one fifteen-day window a year.
Alan already had the right to vote on the contract according to SEIU’s own rules and membership contract, because he was already a union member. He alleged, however, that he SEIU allowed other members to vote while denying him the same right. the chance to vote on the new contract even when SEIU allowed other members to vote.
Wisnewski v. SEIU was settled to the mutual satisfaction of all parties.
Documents
- Complaint – August 10, 2021
- News Release – August 17, 2021
Alan Wisnewski is a forensic registered nurse at SCI-Waymart State Prison. He must accept SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania (“SEIU”) as his representative in collective bargaining.
Alan filed a lawsuit, Wisnewski v. SEIU, claiming that officials told him he could not vote on a new contract because he would not sign a new union card. Regardless of the fact that Alan was already a union member.
However, SEIU officials didn’t tell Alan all the facts: chiefly that new union card contained language that purported to prevent those who signed from ending union dues deduction from their wages except for one fifteen-day window a year.
Alan already had the right to vote on the contract according to SEIU’s own rules and membership contract, because he was already a union member. He alleged, however, that he SEIU allowed other members to vote while denying him the same right. the chance to vote on the new contract even when SEIU allowed other members to vote.
Wisnewski v. SEIU was settled to the mutual satisfaction of all parties.
Documents
- Complaint – August 10, 2021
- News Release – August 17, 2021