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The Tenderloin Housing Clinic v. Nate Holmes – A History of Harassment, Union Busting, & RacismÂ
May, 1999 – Nate Holmes starts working for Tenderloin Housing Clinic (THC)
October, 2006 – THC signs first union contract with SEIU Local 1021; Nate elected shop steward in December, 2006
September, 2007 – Krista Gaeta appointed Housing Services Director without open posting of position. She immediately starts changing work rules, etc. without union-required meet and confer; Holmes files grievance on THC unfair hiring practice.
Fall/Winter, 2007 – Gaeta continues violations of union contract, including harassment of Holmes as shop steward.
December, 2007 – Holmes placed on administrative leave, pending “investigationâ€. He never receives results of “investigation.â€
January, 2008 – Holmes transferred to SRO Collaborative pending completion of “investigationâ€; he continues to serve as steward for former co-workers.
February, 2008 – Internal investigation completed, no results given to Holmes. Human Resources Director Cathy Clagett informs Nate that she gave results to Evette Albert-Jordan, supervisor for worksite organizer Daz Lamparas .
April 9, 2008 – in a meeting with worksite organizer Daz Lamparas, Lamparas informs Holmes that the investigation was “bogus†and that Shaw will lose in mediation; that he (Holmes) should not worry about it.
April 10, 2008 – Mediation hearing at THC conference room. Daz Lamparas fails to present the findings from the internal investigation by the THC. He tells Holmes that he (Holmes) lacks credibility and that he (Lamparas) will not take his case to arbitration. Lacking proper arbitration, Holmes was forced to settle without full relief. He later filed DFR charges at the NLRB.
July, 2008 – Harassment from Krista Gaeta continues; Gaeta asks shop steward Ken Duignan to come to Housing Services staff meeting to inform staff that Nathaniel Holmes was no longer shop steward in the Housing Department. This was after Gaeta had been informed about two weeks previously that Holmes would continue as shop steward until January, 2009, when an election would be held in the Housing Department. A grievance was filed by Vaniesha Rodgers of the Housing Department, but she was later transferred – end of grievance.
September, 2008 – Holmes files DFRr against SEIU 1021 worksite organizer Daz Lamparas for not properly representing him in April mediation.
October, 2008 – Randy Shaw, Executive Director of THC, to present his “labor-friendly†book “Beyond the Fields†at a meeting at SEIU Local 87. A letter protesting Shaw’s actions signed by 60 of Nate Holmes’s co-workers was sent to Local 87.
October 27, 2008 – Human Resources Director Janie Lara orders Holmes not to have any contact with any THC employee. THC employees also ordered not to talk with or have any contact with Nate Holmes with the threat of disciplinary action if this order is violated. This is a contract violation.
November 6, 2008 – Holmes fired from THC before “investigation is completed.
November 11, 2008 – SEIU/THC Chapter Shop Steward Council meets and passes motion stating that, contrary to the claims of Randy Shaw, they supported the letter of support to Nate Holmes signed by over 60 members.
November 14, 2008 – Holmes and SEIU 1021 shop steward Alexandra Goldman in participate in hearing with Randy Shaw and HR Director Janie Lara. Shaw refuses to give his grounds for having fired Holmes, stating that Daz Lamparas had the information. Lamparas only received this information the following week. This is a contract violation.
March 2009 – Evette Albert Jordan meets with THC shop stewards council to get input if Holmes’s termination case merits arbitration. The Council informs Evette that the termination should be arbitrated.
May, 2009 – worksite organizer Sara “Fred†Sherburn-Zimmer informs Shop Stewards Council that Holmes’s firing would be going to arbitration, but no paper work or date presented at that time.
July – Protests about unfair labor practices at THC begin at Modern Times Bookstore.
July – September, 2009 — More unfair labor practices protests at THC Hyde Street Office and 472 Turk Street office.
September 14, 2009 – SEIU 1021 Sends Nate Holmes a letter affirming that they are taking his case to arbitration. However, as of this date Nate Holmes has still not seen copies of any papers filed for arbitration.
October 6, 2009 – No arbitration date set yet.