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-------------------- Unite Here, Workers United in heated dispute over members --------------------

Claims of member-raiding attempts between the unions include leafleting, home visits and, court documents say, 'coercive interrogation techniques.'

By Patrick J. McDonnell

November 9 2009

Carmen Padron, a commercial laundry worker in Pomona, said a rival union tried to persuade her to abandon her longtime local. "They should be organizing workers who don't have a union, not harassing us," Padron said.

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