July 26th, 2018
News of the Month — July
Two Marin nursing homes where NUHW members have sounded the alarm about understaffing are among 15 statewide that have been hit by class action lawsuits alleging that their owner systematically understaffed them to increase his profits, the Marin Independent Journal reports. The suits allege that the owner of the centers concealed the fact that the […]
July 26th, 2018
News of the Week: Pressure mounts to safeguard Verity hospitals including Seton Medical Center
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: The Eureka Times-Standard wrote about the letter we sent to Attorney General Xavier Becerra asking him to make Providence St. Joseph honor its charity care obligations. The conglomerate fell $20 […]
July 26th, 2018
NUHW workers win legal battle against Queen of the Valley
In another victory for Queen of the Valley workers, the Napa hospital must immediately resume contract bargaining even as it continues trying to overturn their 2016 vote to unionize. In a 23-page ruling issued July 16, U.S. Circuit Judge Mary Schroeder wrote that “The record here shows Queen of the Valley Medical Center on several […]
July 26th, 2018
Los Alamitos and Lakewood workers fault understaffing for high infection rates
Blowing the whistle on chronic understaffing, infection control workers at Lakewood Regional Medical Center and Los Alamitos Medical Center are calling on both hospitals to improve pay and staffing to address their subpar record at keeping patients safe from potentially lethal infections. A staff survey at both hospitals found that roughly three-in-four infection control workers […]
July 17th, 2018
News of the Week: California Sanctuary laws upheld
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: A major U.S. defense contractor quietly detained dozens of immigrant children inside a vacant Phoenix office building with dark windows, no kitchen and only a few toilets during three weeks of […]