January 18th, 2011
In the News: Kaiser must restore raises, training for health care workers
From American Medical News: A judge and the NLRB order the California-based plan to bargain in good faith with the National Union of Healthcare Workers. By VICTORIA STAGG ELLIOTT, amednews staff. Posted Jan. 18, 2011. Kaiser Permanente affiliates must restore annual raises, tuition reimbursement and a steward training program for employees who elected to switch unions in early […]
January 17th, 2011
Kaiser Caregivers in Southern California Receive Their Raises
Over the last few days, 2,300 Kaiser workers in Southern California who voted to join NUHW have been receiving paychecks reflecting the 2% raises promised them under their prior contract. “We voted NUHW and we didn’t lose anything,” said Irma Dufelmeier, a 24-year RN at Kaiser Los Angeles Medical Center. “We kept our raises, our […]
January 15th, 2011
Dr. King and the Dignity of Labor
On April 3rd, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. traveled to Memphis, Tennessee to support striking sanitation workers. In his “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” speech, he implored the workers to stay resolute in their struggle. “We are saying that we are determined to be men,” King proclaimed. “We are determined to be people. We […]
January 11th, 2011
Remembering Union Sister Phyllis Tunson
Long-time union activist Phyllis Tunson died two weeks ago in a tragic accident on her way home to San Francisco from Woodland Hills, where she was visiting family for the holidays. Phyllis was a food service worker and a union shop steward at the Ralph K. Davies campus of the California Pacific Medical Center in […]
January 10th, 2011
Kindred Workers Vote to Join NUHW
Caregivers reject SEIU’s fear campaign San Leandro, California – Workers at Kindred Hospital San Francisco Bay Area have voted to leave the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and join the National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW). The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) completed the vote count last Friday with a final tally of 46 for […]