Youtube Video of Friday's Action

Youtube Video of Friday's Action: 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bQITHf0mks

Tuition is the largest source of USC’s revenues. Regardless of how USC classifies its spending flows, we are part of this “community” and how its resources are used should be students’ concern.

The union-busting is affecting several unions at USC's hospitals, including the California Nurses Association (CNA), which has contract renegotiations in the fall.

• Since USC bought two private hospitals last year, it has been using every opportunity to break the already unionized staff.
• USC has refused to grant the CNA nurses the same level of benefits as other union workers at USC, counter to its own parity agreements. 
• Currently, nurses are forced to work in hazardous conditions -- at times only receiving a three-hour rest break to sleep between shifts, endangering patients' safety.  Despite these extremely strenuous, debilitating hours, the nurses are disciplined for falling asleep at the hospital.  Nurses are trying to organize to address these and other conditions. 
• Nurses report union-busting harassment and intimidation used against them, under the Weissman Group's guidance.

Faculty and students have signed a support letter in solidarity with USC healthcare workers, and calling on the administration to rescind the Weissman Group.  Please see the letter here:
http://www.petitiononline.com/uschospw/petition.html

ACTION: Friday, April 23 @ noon

Join us to protest, speak out, and deliver the petition!

Friday, April 23 @ noon
Meet at Tommy Trojan
(Center of campus, outside the Bovard Administration Building)

No to Union-Busting!

Sign the petition here: http://www.petitiononline.com/uschospw/petition.html

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Without a union, USC is has few legally bound obligations to workers.

from http://www.usc.edu/dept/Benefits/ --

"Benefits programs are subject to change at anytime by the university, at its discretion, without prior notice or liability, to the extent permitted under applicable law. The benefits described in this Web site are available to staff and faculty employed by the University of Southern California subject to certain eligibility requirements. In the event of a discrepancy between the benefits and limitations described in this booklet and a plan document or a collective bargaining agreement, the terms of the plan document or collective bargaining agreement will govern."

Article in the Daily Trojan

See this article in today's Daily Trojan for background info:

Controversy Growing at USC Hospital