Doug Cunningham, Workers Independent News, May 8, 2008 SEIU is fighting for thousands of Boston hospital workers who want a union to improve their working conditions, advocate for patients and secure good health care and retirement benefits. Mike Fadel is a Vice-President with 1199SEIU in Boston. Fadel: “They're coming together to change that, to make life better for themselves, for their families, for their patients and ultimately for the entire city. There's just a growing civic consensus among elected officials and community leaders that there's no reason for the hospitals to interfere with these caregivers' right to freely exercise their choice to form a union." ... SEIU