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Sep. 18, 2026

Healthcare clinics accuse SEIU-UHW of racketeering over Proposition 44

California Primary Care Association alleges union used ballot measure to seek organizing concessions; SEIU-UHW calls claims "categorically false"

A healthcare nonprofit has sued SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West and its president, Dave Regan, accusing them of using California's ballot initiative process as part of a long-running racketeering scheme to extract labor concessions from healthcare providers.

The California Primary Care Association and five community health centers claim UHW used a November ballot measure as leverage to pressure the association into accepting an organizing agreement covering 25,000 clinic e...

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