November 29th, 2018
Press release: Kaiser Permanente Mental Health Clinicians in California Announce 5-day Strike to begin Dec. 10
Four Thousand Caregivers to Protest over the Quality of Mental Health Care. Strike will Affect more than 100 Kaiser Clinics and Medical Facilities Emeryville – The National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) filed notice with state authorities today that mental health clinicians represented by the union will hold a strike at Kaiser Permanente facilities across California Dec. […]
October 30th, 2018
Kindred Brea steward nominations
Shop stewards are your co-workers. They will be trained to be the first line of defense in working with you to solve issues, provide union representation during investigatory or disciplinary meetings, keep their co-workers united and informed, and enforce our union contract. Shop stewards are responsible for working as a team to build a strong […]
June 29th, 2018
Children’s hospital workers unanimously ratify contract that expands pensions
Professional workers at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland displayed tremendous unity in winning a great first contract that includes sizable raises and full defined-benefit pensions for everyone in the 250-member unit. When these workers organized last year, about half of them did not have pensions because the hospital had discontinued the pension plan for everyone […]
June 29th, 2018
NUHW calls for migrant families to be immediately reunited
NUHW’s Executive Board unanimously passed a resolution Thursday, June 28 condemning President Trump’s “zero-tolerance” immigration policies and calling on his administration to immediately return migrant children to their parents. The resolution followed a statement signed by seven NUHW Executive vice presidents, who are also mental health clinicians, warning that the administration’s “zero-tolerance” approach risked causing […]
April 4th, 2018
Op-ed: It’s time for Queen of the Valley to honor its workers’ right to unionize
This op-ed by Napa County Democratic Central Committee Chairman G. Anthony Phillips was published April 3, 2018, in the Napa Valley Register. Napa residents are fortunate to have Queen of the Valley Medical Center, home to some of the nation’s finest doctors, nurses and hospital workers. We ask Queen to deliver our babies, care for […]