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Kaiser

Biorepository workers vote to join NUHW April 25, 2017 Five Kaiser Permanente biorepository workers in Berkeley voted March 9 to join NUHW. “We joined NUHW because managment went through...
Lost-timers strengthen HCP and KPC chapters April 25, 2017 Two stewards and vice presidents of their respective chapters, Turusew Gedebu-Wilson and Elizabeth White, used “lost time” to help strengthen...
NUHW leaders gather to support Medicare For All April 25, 2017 NUHW leaders from the Kaiser Integrated Behavioral Health Services and Optical chapters joined hundreds of their neighbors at a community...
Psychiatric RNs win staffing grievance April 21, 2017 Appropriate staffing and obtaining coverage for absences have been longstanding issues for NUHW Psychiatric nurses working in Kaiser’s San Diego...
Clinicians pilot new communications platform April 21, 2017 Stewards and members in IBHS, our union’s Northern California unit of Kaiser mental health clinicians, have been testing a new...
Executive Board declares NUHW a sanctuary union March 6, 2017 After holding membership meetings throughout California and surveying our membership online, our union’s Executive Board adopted a resolution declaring NUHW a...
February 2017 – Victories and updates from around the union February 2, 2017 Read more below for the latest developments in the union, including grievance victories and settlements, bargaining updates, a new career...
Providence Tarzana workers picket against layoffs of SEIU-represented housekeepers February 2, 2017 More than 75 Providence Tarzana Medical Center workers picketed the hospital January 16 demanding that management bring back more than...
Carrie Fisher battled stormtroopers and stigma January 17, 2017 This op-ed by NUHW members Elizabeth White, Natalia Salinas and Clement Papazian originally ran in the Mercury News and the...
2016 year in review — contract victories and bargaining updates December 21, 2016 NUHW had a hugely successful bargaining year, winning 16 contracts covering 8,000 members. We are currently bargaining seven more contracts....
KQED’s in-depth coverage of mental health care in California December 21, 2016 KQED Radio health reporter April Dembosky produced an excellent series of stories delving into the obstacles that confront patients seeking...
A recap of the NUHW’s 2016 Leadership Conference December 21, 2016 Nearly 300 stewards from throughout California gathered in Oakland in October for NUHW’s fourth annual Leadership Conference. We reviewed our...