
Workers in Eureka, Brea vote to join NUHW
Last week, five hundred workers at St. Joseph Eureka (Humboldt County) and Kindred Hospital Brea (Orange County) voted by 2-1 margins to join NUHW. Mail-in ballots for service workers at St. Joseph Eureka were counted Friday, April 18 at the National Labor Relations Board’s San Francisco office. With the support of NUHW members at another […]

CPMC Bargaining Update — April 17, 2014
Management Continues to Delay At bargaining on Monday April 14, management failed yet again to bring an economic proposal to present to our bargaining team. Our bargaining team has presented a complete package of economic and non economic proposals to management months ago and have since been waiting for management. Management’s delays are unacceptable. Delays […]

Kaiser board member Jenny Ming resigns under pressure from NUHW
Another Kaiser board member has resigned under pressure from NUHW. Jenny Ming stepped down April 4 after a series of NUHW actions that called attention to the unsavory business practices of her company, Charlotte Russe, a clothing retailer with more than five hundred outlets nationwide. Ming is the CEO of Charlotte Russe, and formerly served […]

Judge blocks Kaiser Permanente’s attempt to bar public from hearing on $4 million fine
Judge Ruth S. Astle of the Office of Administrative Hearings denied Kaiser’s request Friday to bar the public from an upcoming hearing regarding a $4 million fine levied against the HMO. California’s Department of Managed Health Care issued the fine — the second largest in its history — in June 2013 for multiple violations of […]

Judge blocks Kaiser Permanente’s attempt to bar public from hearing on $4 million fine
OAKLAND, CALIF. — Judge Ruth S. Astle of the Office of Administrative Hearings denied Kaiser’s request Friday to bar the public from an upcoming hearing regarding a $4 million fine levied against the HMO. California’s Department of Managed Health Care issued the fine — the second largest in its history — in June 2013 for […]