February 15th, 2017
San Francisco Supervisor John Avalos: Why I joined the National Union of Healthcare Workers
This op-ed ran in the Feb. 15 edition of the San Francisco Examiner. During my eight years on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, I worked every day to make The City a better place for its poorest and most vulnerable residents. But whatever fight was raging inside City Hall, I never lost sight of […]
January 26th, 2017
NUHW keeps growing with big win in Oakland
About 250 pharmacists, social workers, physical therapists and other professional workers at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland voted overwhelmingly Wednesday, January 24, to join the National Union of Healthcare Workers. These new members are coming on board as the union negotiates a new contract for its approximately 900 technicians, administrators and service workers at the […]
January 21st, 2017
NUHW members flock to women’s marches
Dozens of red-clad National Union of Healthcare Workers members joined with millions of Americans January 21 to send a message to Donald Trump — We reject the misogyny he displayed on the campaign trail and we’ll fight to save the Affordable Care Act, Medicare and Medicaid. The NUHW contingent numbered well over a dozen in Oakland, where an […]
January 19th, 2017
Providence Tarzana picketers demand housekeepers get their jobs back
More than 75 Providence Tarzana workers picketed the hospital Monday demanding that management bring back more than two dozen housekeepers with a combined 245 years of service. For years, the hospital had contracted out housekeeping work to outsourcing firms that paid poverty wages. Providence Tarzana is finally bringing these jobs in-house, but it is refusing […]
January 17th, 2017
Carrie Fisher battled stormtroopers and stigma
This op-ed by NUHW members Elizabeth White, Natalia Salinas and Clement Papazian originally ran in the Mercury News and the East Bay Times. As therapists, we were astonished to see so many people honor Carrie Fisher’s legacy by sharing their own struggles with mental illness. Their coming out messages on Facebook and Twitter may one […]