February 24th, 2020
Tech companies now have a new growth area to boast about — organized labor
You may have heard that the labor movement is dying. But in the past several months, we’ve seen workers buck the trend by unionizing at major tech and media companies. Just a few examples: Employees at crowdfunding company Kickstarter just won a fight to unionize. Midwestern gig workers at Instacart voted to unionize. Online journalists […]
February 19th, 2020
Workers rally as Seton Medical Center struggles to find a buyer
Caregivers and local officials rallied outside Seton Medical Center in Daly City on Feb. 12 demanding that Verity Health Systems, the hospital’s owner, be transparent about the hospital’s prospective sale and possible closure. The rally, organized by the California Nurses Association and attended by NUHW members, comes as Verity has failed in its attempt to […]
February 13th, 2020
Union–community partnerships reap real benefits
Unions are about far more than wages and benefits. That’s why NUHW advocates for issues like patient care and mental health parity that affect the community beyond our immediate members. To do that, we join forces with patients, citizens, activist groups, clergy, and mental health organizations, citizens to broaden our impact. Other unions do this […]
February 11th, 2020
Misleading economic statistics obscure workers’ financial fragility
On the surface, it looks like it’s been a great decade for the American economy: The national unemployment rate dropped from about 10 percent to just under 4 percent; high-income workers saw their pay go up and, eventually, lower-income workers saw their wages rise as well. So what’s not to like? As Annie Lowrey observed […]
January 30th, 2020
Redwood Memorial Hospital is stealth-cutting its services to women and children
Providence St. Joseph Health reported a $13 million profit last year operating Redwood Memorial Hospital in California’s Humboldt County. But instead of investing more resources into the Fortuna, Calif., hospital to improve patient care, the company is quietly considering shutting down pediatric and obstetric services, the Eureka Times-Standard reports. In a letter to California Attorney […]