[courtesy of The California Majority Report]

The health care union battle now appears is back in the courts.

Yesterday the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) filed an anti-Strategic Lawsuit to Prevent Public Participation motion against the California Nurses Association (CNA. In layman's terms, that prevents the union from further efforts to silence critics of its divisive tactics. According to an SEIU press release, the motion cites a temporary restraining order against SEIU President Andy Stern and SEIU that the CNA obtained as a publicity stunt last week as the latest effort by the CNA to suppress nurses and hospital workers who have criticized its anti-union tactics in Ohio and other states.

SEIU also filed an application to vacate the temporary restraining order, which was obtained by the CNA on April 15 from a local court commissioner -- without any notice to SEIU -- and based on what it calls "misrepresentations by the CNA."

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