Fla. Nursing Home Cites Voodoo in Union Vote
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A Miami Shores, Fla., nursing home asked that a union vote be thrown out, saying a series of voodoo signs may have scared the facility’s large Haitian American work force into voting to organize.
Workers at Mount Sinai-St. Francis Nursing and Rehabilitation Center testified during a National Labor Relations Board hearing that they saw lines of pennies, half-empty water cups and a union supporter twisting black beads in her hands before the Feb. 28 vote.
The workers voted after complaining of low wages, unaffordable health insurance and mistreatment.
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