September 22nd, 2018
Workers picket Kindred Brea hospital demanding fair contract
Dozens of NUHW members picketed outside Kindred Brea Hospital September 13 to inform the public about chronic understaffing at the facility. During the picket, workers voted unanimously to authorize a one-day strike. No strike date has been set. A recent employee survey found that 80 percent of caregivers reported that their units are understaffed and […]
September 19th, 2018
News of the Week: Humboldt workers declare staffing emergency
Each week we share articles on subjects that are important to NUHW and its members. Here are several must-read stories over the past seven days: Just two days after more than 100 of our members and nurses represented by CNA declared a staffing crisis at Providence St. Joseph Health’s Humboldt County hospitals, management laid off […]
September 12th, 2018
News of the Week — Obama praises Healthcare For All
Each week we share articles on subjects that are important to NUHW and its members. Here are several must-read stories over the past seven days: Former President Barack Obama endorsed universal healthcare in a major speech, Common Dreams reports. Speaking at the University of Illinois in his first explicit rebuke of President Donald Trump and […]
August 31st, 2018
News of the Week — SEIU-UHW accused of shoving assemblyman
Each week we share articles on subjects that are important to NUHW and its members. Here are several must-read stories over the past seven days: Assemblyman Richard Bloom accused SEIU-UHW President Dave Regan of shoving him at a Sacramento Restaurant, The Sacramento Bee reports. Bloom reported the incident to the Assembly Rules Committee. The San […]
August 30th, 2018
Elk Grove Unified School District counselors win first contract
Elk Grove Unified School District workers showed strong unity in winning their first contract. The two-year agreement addressed areas of great importance to members including having a reliably available work space to perform their work, that ensures student confidentiality, and a process by which resolution of an issue or situation can be had where legal […]