December 21st, 2016
Nearly 2,000 workers joined NUHW in the past year
In 2016, we organized more than 1,800 workers in five facilities throughout California, winning nine elections in new and residual organizing campaigns. St. Joseph – Queen of the Valley Medical Center: In November, 419 previously unrepresented service and technical workers at Queen of the Valley Hospital in Napa voted by a 3-2 margin to […]
December 14th, 2016
Meeting the mental health needs of our nation’s most vulnerable
This op-ed originally appeared in the San Francisco Examiner. When it comes to better care for mental health patients, well-intentioned legislation hasn’t been a panacea. A 2008 federal law required most insurance policies to cover mental and physical health equally, but study after study shows we have a long way to go to achieve mental […]
November 29th, 2016
Trump’s choice of Tom Price for Health and Human Services is disastrous
Sal Rosselli, president of the National Union of Healthcare Workers, issued the following statement Tuesday after president-elect Donald Trump announced Rep. Tom Price, R-Georgia, a staunch opponent of Obamacare and a founding member of the Tea Party Caucus, as his choice to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. “Donald Trump has made a […]
November 17th, 2016
419 Napa caregivers vote to join National Union of Healthcare Workers
Healthcare workers at St. Joseph Health System’s Queen of the Valley Hospital join 1,300 NUHW-represented caregivers at four other Northern California St. Joseph hospitals NAPA — Four hundred and nineteen previously unrepresented service and technical workers at Queen of the Valley Hospital in Napa voted by a 3-2 margin to join more than 1,300 other […]
November 16th, 2016
Seton workers win fight against hedge fund, secure strong three-year contract
NUHW members at Seton Medical Center and Seton Coastside voted by ninety-eight percent on November 9 and November 10 to ratify a three-year contract that provides strong worker protections, economic improvements, and good benefits. The agreement guarantees caregivers three percent wage increases each year during the life of the contract, including market adjustments for job […]