1,300 NYC Health & Hosp. Corp Workers Get CWA

After a long, 12-year legal battle, 1,300 employees with New York City's Health and Hospital Corporation won CWA representation on May 30. The Office of Collective Bargaining's certification board ruled on May 15 that the vast majority of workers in this title were eligible for collective bargaining and could immediately join the ranks of Local 1180 without having to go through an election.

The workers had been assisted by Local 1180, but first VP Linda Jenkins worked through the painstaking legal process along with attorney Tina Norum. Dozens of shop stewards in the hospitals also did a great job of keeping in contact with the unorganized workers.