August 18th, 2011
NUHW Wins at Children’s Hospital Oakland
After more than 900 days of legal delays instigated by SEIU, about 450 workers at Children’s Hospital Oakland finally had the chance to vote for the union of their choosing. By a vote of 163 to 159 with 3 challenged ballots and 5 for “no union,” the National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) prevailed over SEIU. […]
August 17th, 2011
Enough is enough!
Brothers and Sisters: You’d think that after announcing profits of over $1.5 billion for just the first half of this year, Kaiser Permanente wouldn’t have the nerve to ask for millions of dollars in rate hikes from school employees and health and pension takeaways from all Kaiser healthcare workers. But that’s exactly what Kaiser is […]
August 16th, 2011
Kaiser Workers Uniting Behind NUHW
Last weekend, Kaiser Service and Tech workers throughout the state gathered in both Northern and Southern California to get ready for a new election now that the federal government has thrown out last year’s election results due to SEIU’s cheating. At Kaiser facilities all over California, even workers who led the charge against NUHW in […]
August 7th, 2011
In memory: Jason Campbell
We are very sorry to share with you that Jason Campbell passed away yesterday in Nigeria where he was working with the Solidarity Center of the AFL-CIO. We do not have details other than he was involved in an accident. Needless to say, he was greatly loved by all of us. There was no more […]