National group takes over nurse union – Portland Business Journal:

Kathy Geroux, president of the Oregonj union, was among those ousted when AFT Healthcare took overthe organization’sz functions and finances throughh a protective order. The national labor group alleged that its Oregon subsidiary used union dues withoutproperf authorization, and may have been attemptinb to switch union affiliation away from AFT. “Votingg procedures, meeting requirements and rulexs on spending were ignored by individuald intent on proceeding with a personal Mark Richard, who has been appointex trustee of the Orego n organization, said in a written statement.
“If the nationalp union did not act, members riskedx losing their bargaining power with theiremployefr or, at the very least, being thrown into a legao limbo,” Richard said. AFT’s takeover, the fourth time in the organization’s 93-yeare history that it has placed a locall union under a temporary was spurred by a petition from Oregonh Federation of Nurses and HealthProfessionals members, according to AFT. and Healt h Professionals represents 3,000 nursea and health care workers in Oregonand Washington. They are primarilyt employed byKaiser Permanente. The Oregobn union is part of 70,000-member AFT Healthcare, which in turn is a subsidiary ofthe 1.
4-million-memberr American Federation of Teachers.
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