On August 10, 2017, Judge Manuel Real denied SEIU-UHW's request to postpone a jury trial in which SEIU-UHW and Dignity Health are accused of illegally firing a union member who had spent more than 20 years on the job. The ruling came in the case of "Starla Rollins vs. Community Hospital of San Bernardino, Dignity Health, and SEIU-UHW" in US District Court for the Central District of California. SEIU-UHW allegedly failed to fulfill its "duty of fair representation" by allowing the hospital corporation to illegally fire the worker.
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Federal Judge Denies SEIU-UHW's Request to Postpone Trial over Failure to Represent Union Member
On August 10, 2017, Judge Manuel Real denied SEIU-UHW's request to postpone a jury trial in which SEIU-UHW and Dignity Health are accused of illegally firing a union member who had spent more than 20 years on the job. The ruling came in the case of "Starla Rollins vs. Community Hospital of San Bernardino, Dignity Health, and SEIU-UHW" in US District Court for the Central District of California. SEIU-UHW allegedly failed to fulfill its "duty of fair representation" by allowing the hospital corporation to illegally fire the worker.
On August 10, 2017, Judge Manuel Real denied SEIU-UHW's request to postpone a jury trial in which SEIU-UHW and Dignity Health are accused of illegally firing a union member who had spent more than 20 years on the job. The ruling came in the case of "Starla Rollins vs. Community Hospital of San Bernardino, Dignity Health, and SEIU-UHW" in US District Court for the Central District of California. SEIU-UHW allegedly failed to fulfill its "duty of fair representation" by allowing the hospital corporation to illegally fire the worker.