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Line 136: ===SEIU United Healthcare Workers West=== [[SEIU United Healthcare Workers West]] (UHW West) is a large (150,000 member) local union based in [[Oakland, California]]. In August 2008, the international union announced plans for a hearing to consider trusteeing UHW West. On January 27, 2009, SEIU placed UHW West under trusteeship and dismissed 70 of the local's executives, including president [[Sal Rosselli]].<ref>[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/01/27/BURV15I9NA.DTL "SEIU Takes Over West Coast Union", ''San Francisco Chronicle'' (January 28, 2009)]</ref><ref>[http://www.sfbg.com/entry.php?entry_id=7946&catid=&volume_id=398&issue_id=416&volume_num=43&issue_num=18 Steven T. Jones, "Union Showdown", ''San Francisco Bay Guardian'' (January 28, 2009)]</ref> Rosselli and other ousted leaders reformed under the [[National Union of Healthcare Workers]] and pushed for UHW West members at 60 facilities to vote to decertify SEIU.<ref>[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/02/03/BU1L15LO03.DTL George Raine, "Ousted SEIU Leaders Push Decertification Vote", ''San Francisco Chronicle'' (February 3, 2009)]</ref> As of March 22, 2009, 91,000 (a majority of UHW West members) signed decertification petitions to leave SEIU and join NUHW.<ref>http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/3/22/711746/-My-letter-to-SEIU</ref> [[SEIU United Healthcare Workers West]] (UHW West) is a large (150,000 member) local union based in [[Oakland, California]]. In August 2008, the international union announced plans for a hearing to consider trusteeing UHW West and did so on January 27, 2009.{{Citation needed\|date=November 2009}} ===SEIU Local 32BJ===