this is bad.

A Placer Superior Court jury has awarded the Sutter Health hospital chain
$17.2 million in compensatory damages in a defamation suit against a labor union
that accused the hospital of using soiled linens in its maternity wards.
The
jury's decision, if upheld, is one of the highest ever awarded against a labor
union in the United States, and could cripple the finances of UNITE Here, a
national union of about 450,000 workers in hotels, industrial laundries and
apparel manufacturing.