April 12th, 2024
Healthcare workers at MarinHealth Medical Center will hold a one-day strike Tuesday, April 16
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 12, 2024 Contact: Matthew Artz, 510-435-8035, martz@nuhw.org Picket line will go from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. While MarinHealth Medical Center has netted strong operating profits in recent years, its medical technicians, who operate critical equipment like X-ray and MRI machines, have been falling behind, struggling to make ends meet in […]
March 28th, 2024
March 2024 PULSE
In March, NUHW members struck Seton Medical Center over cuts to their health benefits, forced the San Benito Hospital District to restore their retirement, paid time off and health benefits, advocated for the reopening of a Providence hospital birthing center in Petaluma, and secured more public support against Kaiser Permanente cutting patient care time in […]
March 26th, 2024
Seton workers strike to restore quality health insurance
This page is also available in: Español More than 400 NUHW members struck Seton Medical Center in Daly City on March 25 and 26, demanding that the hospital restore their health benefits. Every Bay Area news station covered the strike as workers shared their experience of working at the community hospital for decades […]
March 24th, 2024
News of the Month — March 2024
Note: Some of these stories may require a subscription. Every television news station and KQED radio covered a strike by NUHW-represented workers at Seton Medical Center in Daly City. The hospital owner recently eliminated its health plan and forced many workers onto a plan that has made it much harder for the healthcare workers to […]
March 24th, 2024
NUHW investigation uncovers new Kaiser mental health violations
This page is also available in: Español As Kaiser prepares its written plan for fixing the serious violations detailed in its $200 million settlement with the California Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC), NUHW has identified potentially more violations of state mental health law. NUHW recently filed a 54-page complaint detailing violations in […]