{"id":19727,"date":"2015-03-25T17:58:10","date_gmt":"2015-03-25T21:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/?p=19727"},"modified":"2020-09-08T17:27:50","modified_gmt":"2020-09-08T17:27:50","slug":"nursing-assistants-unionize-at-allegro-nursing-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/nursing-assistants-unionize-at-allegro-nursing-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Nursing Assistants Unionize at Allegro Nursing Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"paragraph\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Vote Overwhelmingly to Join UFCW Local 1625<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"image\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/10982598_10150710991049945_4629064203368727338_o.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/10982598_10150710991049945_4629064203368727338_o.png\" alt=\"10982598_10150710991049945_4629064203368727338_o\" class=\"wp-image-19729\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>St. Petersburg, Fla. <\/strong>\u2014 Last night, Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA) at the Allegro Nursing Home in St. Petersburg, Fla., voted \u2018Union Yes\u2019 to join the 7,000 members of the <a href=\"https:\/\/mail.www.ufcw.org\/owa\/UrlBlockedError.aspx\">United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Union<\/a> Local 1625. Thirty CNAs on staff came together to form a union in order to improve working conditions at Allegro.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI am so proud of my team today. We stood up to management\u2019s efforts to intimidate and divide us, and together, we won,\u201d said Eleanor Mitchell, CNA, who has worked for Allegro for 25 years. \u201cWith a union, we now have the power to shape a better future at Allegro.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An election overseen by the National Labor Relations Board showed strong support for a union, with more than 90 percent of votes returned in favor of the union.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe courage shown by these workers is extraordinary. These Certified Nursing Assistants are standing up for the dignity of all workers in the caretaking professions,\u201d said Ed Chambers, President of UFCW Local 1625 headquartered in Lakeland, Fla.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 30 CNAs were able to form a unit made up of a single job classification following a 2011 decision by the National Labor Relations Board in <em>Specialty Healthcare and Rehabilitation of Mobile.<\/em> This decision permitted CNAs to form union bargaining units by ruling that CNAs as \u201creadily identifiable as a group\u201d and as sharing a \u201ccommunity of interest.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The workers will now begin negotiating with Allegro for their first union contract and seek to establish a more fair and transparent schedule for raises and better working conditions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"paragraph\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">###<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"paragraph\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Join the <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/mail.www.ufcw.org\/owa\/redir.aspx?C=LuiJksRavE-fr7LBbk_P4hCNpVTdOtIIZMoTY5fUh9c4xFaJvxDdeDWIcTQ9fq53B4TXoDehZ5A.&amp;URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.ufcw.org\"><em>United Food and Commercial Workers International Union<\/em><\/a><em> (UFCW) online at <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/mail.www.ufcw.org\/owa\/redir.aspx?C=LuiJksRavE-fr7LBbk_P4hCNpVTdOtIIZMoTY5fUh9c4xFaJvxDdeDWIcTQ9fq53B4TXoDehZ5A.&amp;URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.ufcw.org\"><em>www.ufcw.org<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"paragraph\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>We are 1.3 million families standing together to build an economy that every hard-working family deserves.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vote Overwhelmingly to Join UFCW Local 1625 St. Petersburg, Fla. \u2014 Last night, Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA) at the Allegro Nursing Home in St. Petersburg, Fla., voted \u2018Union Yes\u2019 to join the 7,000 members of the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Union Local 1625. 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