Mazzoni staff votes to unionize

Mazzoni Center staff members voted to form a union with SEIU Wednesday.

"Today, a majority of eligible members of Mazzoni’s staff voted for a union to represent them," Mazzoni Center Interim CEO Steve Glassman said in a statement.

Representatives of Mazzoni who voted to unionize weren't immediately available for comment. According to the Black & Brown Workers Collective, the vote was 51-35.


Prior to the decision, Glassman spoke to PGN about how the unionization will affect the relationship between management and staff.

“The union [will act] on behalf of the staff,” Glassman said. “The staff [will not be] coming into my office and working out a resolution to specific problems, which I have been doing since I’ve been here. We haven’t found one situation that I haven’t been able to resolve with the staff directly advocating and negotiating for themselves with me personally. That won’t be able to happen.”

Glassman added that he would “work cooperatively with them and work in good faith toward finding a collective bargaining agreement."

“I can’t speak for what happened prior to my tenure here but I can tell you that under my leadership, no one will ever be retaliated against,” he added.

Prior to Glassman’s appointment in July, the Mazzoni Center became the target of scrutiny due to alleged sexual misconduct from former medical director Dr. Robert Winn. Winn resigned in April and CEO Nurit Shein departed her post weeks later after Mazzoni staffers hosted a walkout protesting her allegedly covering up the Winn accusations.

Source: EPGN