Archive for Activities of Labor-Management Cooperation Committees

Litigation – Prime Healthcare Services, Inc. v. Service Employees International Union et al. (RICO Lawsuit)

A health care system based in Ontario, California filed a lawsuit on August 25, 2014 under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) against the Service Employees International Union (SEIU). It cites a labor-management partnership used to funnel money to the SEIU’s corporate campaign against health care systems. Read more

Litigation – Prime Healthcare Services, Inc. v. Service Employees International Union et al. (Anti-Trust Lawsuit)

A 2011 antitrust lawsuit filed by a health care system based in Ontario, California accused a labor-management partnership of producing phony studies meant to undermine competition to Kaiser Permanente and its employees. The committee is affiliated with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU). Read more

Activities and Expenditures

Labor-Management Cooperation Committees and Cooperative Trusts fund a broad range of activities, some of which may or may not conform to the broad, ambiguous purposes listed in the Labor-Management Cooperation Act of 1978 (29 U.S.C. 175a). Read more