May 15th, 2017
NUHW Pulse – May 2017: the latest news from NUHW
Welcome to the May 2017 edition of NUHW Pulse, our union’s e-newsletter! Fountain Valley workers ratify strong first contract Following a successful informational picket, nearly 600 NUHW members won a strong first contract that improves health benefits, expands job security, and provides annual wage increases. Read more USC Norris Cancer Hospital members settle first contractService and […]
May 11th, 2017
Mental Health Awareness Month 2017
NUHW’s 3,000 Kaiser mental health clinicians are commemorating Mental Health Awareness Month with a social media campaign consisting of a video (above) and a series of memes for Facebook and Twitter.
May 11th, 2017
USC Norris Cancer Hospital workers unanimously ratify contract
Service and technical workers, represented by the National Union of Healthcare Workers, unanimously ratified their first contract Wednesday with the University of Southern California’s Norris Cancer Hospital. The one-year agreement includes wage scales with average raises ranging from 3 to 9 percent, with some up to 16 percent, bringing them in line with NUHW-represented workers […]
May 9th, 2017
Interview with NUHW Executive Board member and steward Mark Land-Ariizumi, RN
Mark Land-Ariizumi, RN, is the Executive Vice President for NUHW – Kaiser Psych-Social Chapter and steward at San Diego Addiction Medicine. Tell us about the number of Psych-Social RNs and what kind of care they provide to Kaiser patients. NUHW Kaiser Psych-Social Chapter has approximately 110 RNs. This group covers all of Southern California, from […]
May 4th, 2017
Transforming our union’s relationship with Kaiser
The National Union of Healthcare Workers and Kaiser Permanente are forging a new relationship, working together to achieve our common goals of making Kaiser both the employer and provider of choice. The process started about eight months ago when top Kaiser executives in Northern California made a commitment to work collaboratively with NUHW. NUHW’s […]