Adventist opposition to unions
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The Adventist Church is opposed to Unionization of its hospitals and businesses. Critics have claimed that this has been a method used by the church to prevent employees from demanding protection of workers' rights and improved benefits and treatment by management.
The Adventist Church sued to stop the unionization of nurses in the a Ukiah Valley Adventist Hospital, but it lost its case.
An Adventist man from Puerto Rico filed a complaint with the EEOC because he was prevented from joining a labor union.
[edit] External links
- San Fransisco Chronicle – Church Hospital Challenges Labor Law Nurses want union – facility says it would violate faith
- Adventist News Network – Adventist Hospital Loses Bid to Prevent Union Organizing
- holysmoke.org – Church run hospital wants religious exemption to scab
- United States Court of Appeals For the First Circuit – Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
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