Actor and film director Ben Affleck took time out today from promoting his new movie, "Gone Baby Gone," to stump for the powerful Service Employees International Union, which moved closer to launching a full-blown organizing campaign to unionize thousands of workers at Boston's teaching hospitals. The union's effort also won the endorsement of Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino, who attended the press conference. "The healthcare sector is the backbone of our economy," Menino said. "I want these workers to have the same benefits other hospital workers have."
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, a Harvard-affiliated teaching hospital in the Longwood Medical Area, has been a focus of SEIU activity since it disclosed plans to organize Boston hospitals last year. On his blog, hospital chief executive Paul Levy said he respects employees' rights to organize, but will not sign the type of agreement proposed by SEIU.
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