Resurrection's Anti-Union Record Highlighted at Global Summit

The HEART organizing campaign was highlighted this week during a Global Organizing Summit in Washington, D.C.  Almost 200 union leaders from around the world came together for the summit to discuss strategies for organizing against employer hostility.  Kelly Beringer, a nurse at West Suburban Hospital, told the forum how Resurrection has systematically fought workers' efforts to form a union, which has led to 14 unfair labor practice settlements in four years.   

"In real terms, there are no consequences for violating the National Labor Relations Act.  Everyday in the United States, companies like Resurrection simply violate the law.  To them, it's worth having to post a few notices if you squash an organizing drive," Beringer said.  "All we ask is for a fair process under which we can decide- fee of fear and intimidation and democratically- whether to form a union."