February 20th, 2014
NUHW calls for Kaiser board member’s resignation amid growing ethics scandal and six-figure financial conflicts
This is the first installment of our Meet the Kaiser Board series. The National Union of Healthcare Workers calls for the resignation of Christine Cassel from the Kaiser Permanente Board of Directors. A February 12 investigative report by ProPublica, based on research and documents first uncovered by NUHW, revealed Cassel is encumbered by significant conflicts […]
February 19th, 2014
Steve Early’s new book covers NUHW–Kaiser battle, future of labor movement
NUHW figures prominently in Steve Early’s latest book on the American labor movement. Save Our Unions: Dispatches From a Movement in Distress covers the re-run Kaiser election between NUHW and SEIU as well as NUHW members’ aggressive fight against Kaiser’s effort to reduce the quality of care for patients and cut caregivers’ health and retirement […]
February 18th, 2014
NUHW calls for Kaiser board member’s resignation
Christine Cassel’s conflict of interest undermines the integrity of the National Quality Forum EMERYVILLE — The National Union of Healthcare Workers calls on Dr. Christine Cassel, the CEO of the National Quality Forum, to resign from Kaiser Permanente’s Board of Directors. A February 12 ProPublica story revealed that Cassel is encumbered by significant conflicts of interest. […]
February 12th, 2014
NUHW Executive Board welcomes two new members
Two Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital stewards, Nancy Timberlake and Mito Gonzales, were sworn in as members of NUHW’s Executive Board at the Feb. 8 monthly meeting. Nancy is a telemetry technician in the St. Joseph facility’s ICU and Mito is a phlebotomist in the Outreach Lab. Both were active from the beginning in Memorial workers’ […]
February 6th, 2014
Optical Chapter Bargaining Update — January 31, 2014
Bargaining Session In bargaining on January 29th, the Employer put all of the tentative agreements and all of its previous proposals (including its last, best and final offer) in one document and presented it to us as a comprehensive proposal and “final offer.” We asked the Employer, if we were to compromise on any of […]