December 30th, 2011
Salinas Californian commentary: New year brings chance to resolve differences
The Salinas Californian: By Esther Fierros-Nunez, George Ross and John Borsos This was a tumultuous year at Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital. Our hospital has been rocked by a change in top leadership, a high-profile conflict between frontline workers and management including a one-day strike and three-day lockout, a parade of headlines about financial improprieties by […]
December 30th, 2011
Salinas Californian commentary: New year brings chance to resolve differences
The Salinas Californian: By Esther Fierros-Nunez, George Ross and John Borsos This was a tumultuous year at Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital. Our hospital has been rocked by a change in top leadership, a high-profile conflict between frontline workers and management including a one-day strike and three-day lockout, a parade of headlines about financial improprieties by […]
December 29th, 2011
We ratified our NUHW contract at Providence Tarzana by a margin of 98%
Dear Brothers and Sisters, I want to pass on some very good news. We ratified our NUHW contract at Providence Tarzana Medical Center by a margin of 98%. This holiday season, we will celebrate with our families knowing that, united in NUHW, we’ve won yearly 2% raises for three years beginning next month, maintained our ban on subcontracting […]
December 22nd, 2011
Kaiser Skirting State Regulations in January Rate Hike on 660,000 Californians
Emeryville, California – Today, the National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) and the Courage Campaign requested that the Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) “exercise its full statutory authority” to investigate insurance rate hikes that Kaiser Permanente plans to impose on 660,000 Californians on January 1, 2012, due to Kaiser’s failure to provide data required […]
December 15th, 2011
We bargained a three-year contract at Providence Tarzana
I’m proud to report that 554 NUHW members at Providence Tarzana have bargained a three-year contract with our employer and will vote to ratify it next week. Our contract will give us annual 2% across-the-board raises beginning in January for all three years of the contract, for an overall wage increase for all full and […]