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NUHW In the News



The Californian: Hundreds of SVMH workers strike From The Californian: By Scott MacDonald SALINAS — Hundreds of workers from Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System walked off the...
Monterey County Herald: Hundreds of SVMH employees strike From The Monterey County Herald: Temporary workers brought in to fill strikers’ positions By Jim Johnson Posted: 06/22/2011 01:49:38 AM PDT...
The Californian: SVMH workers strike over pay, benefits, layoffs From The Californian: Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System workers took to picket lines today to protest the floundering negotiations between...
LA Times: Workers strike at hospital where CEO got $5-million retirement plan From The Los Angeles Times: About 850 workers at a Salinas public hospital went on strike Tuesday, about two months after...
KION: SVMH health care workers walk off the job
NUHW Wins in San Francisco; Strikes in LA From Znet: By Cal Winslow On Wednesday, May 18, 2011, 2500 members of the new National Union of Healthcare Workers...
Hospital Workers, Facing Layoffs, Launch Counterattack On Executives From The Huffington Post: By Dave Jamieson and Ryan Grim WASHINGTON — In recent months, the management at Salinas Valley...
Editorial: Let SVMH audit shed light From The Californian: Let the audit begin. For the moment, everyone is on the same page with respect to Salinas...
NUHW Wins in San Francisco From Counterpunch: By CAL WINSLOW The new National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) has won another important victory in its struggle...
State to audit Salinas hospital system The Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California officials will audit a hospital district that awarded its CEO nearly $4 million in...
Marilyn Benson: Hospital board fails to represent the community From an opinion article by NUHW member Marilyn Benson in The Salinas Californian: When outgoing Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital CEO Sam...
Editorial: Downing’s payout excessive, pure and simple From The Salinas Californian Editorial Board: For nearly the past 40 years you almost couldn’t say “Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital” without mentioning...