The Alameda County Superior Court ordered the temporary restraining order be thrown out this afternoon after reviewing affidavits and other information—including video footage showing what the CNA called “5 male staffers harassing CNA Board members” was actually a 54 year-old registered nurse and a 61 year-old respiratory therapist going door-to-door to try to speak to CNA leadership Information submitted by SEIU showed SEIU members, staff, and workers
employed by Catholic Healthcare Partners were exercising their First Amendment rights in their peaceful appeals to CNA leadership in California. The temporary restraining order—obtained by the CNA on April 15 without any notice to SEIU—was found unlawful under California labor code.
Since its “vote no” campaign at Catholic Healthcare Partners (CHP) hospitals in Ohio sabotaged a three-year effort by nurses and hospital workers to win a fair process to freely choose whether to form a union with SEIU, the CNA has consistently spread untruths and misinformation in Ohio, California, Nevada, and elsewhere.
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