Mo. judge blocks certification of union election (13,000 homeworkers in limbo)

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By DAVID A. LIEB

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A Missouri judge has temporarily blocked the certification of a union election for in-home care providers after a company filed a lawsuit alleging election flaws and violations of the state's open-government laws.

Cole County Circuit Judge Jon Beetem issued the restraining order Tuesday. But neither the state Department of Labor and Industrial Relations nor the new Missouri Home Care Union mentioned it Wednesday when announcing vote totals showing the unionization effort passed.

A hearing is set for Aug. 4 on whether to grant a preliminary injunction against certifying the election.

Beetem's order was brought to the attention of The Associated Press on Thursday by an attorney for Integra Healthcare Inc., which filed the lawsuit claiming the election lacked safeguards to ensure the legitimacy of mail-in ballots and wrongly excluded some eligible voters. The suit also accuses two boards connected to the election of violating state meeting laws.



Read more: http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/07/23/ap6695045.html

[sasquatch]

1. What a fucking tool, is this guy a Bush appointee?

[badgervan]

4. Exactly

The very first thing that Obama should have done is clean house from top to bottom in the Justice Dept., all over the country. I'm still waiting for the Good Guys to start winning a few. Cheney also stocked many Departments with his people, including the CIA, DIA, Defense.... and probably many more all over the place. That would explain much of what is going on these days.

[deadmessengers]

8. County judges aren't appointed by the President n/t

[badgervan]

10. I Was...

speakly broadly, about the entire country, whichever levels apply.

[KamaAina]

2. These are the same people who are holding their breath until they turn blue in the face

about "the sanctity of the secret ballot", right? :eyes:

[lexanman]

3. EFCA right damn now Obama

EFCA and economic issues are top priority.

[MSC2007]

5. Don't mess with big healthcare or this could happen to you!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=224x3652

http://www.medicalsupplychain.com/news.htm

[MSC2007]

6. Here is the background:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x758013

[No Elephants]

7. The State of Florida gets away with screwing up the country, but a union election has to be perfect.

[Wednesdays]

9. K&R

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