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NUHW In the News

San Jose Business Journal: workers at Silicon Valley nursing homes petition to join NUHW March 16, 2010 Caregivers at 10 nursing homes operated by GranCare (formerly Mariner) have petitioned the labor board for an election to join...
Contra Costa Times: Judge declares winner in union dispute at West County hospital March 14, 2010 By Tom Lochner An administrative law judge has sided with the National Union of Healthcare Workers in its dispute with...
Solidarity: A new type of union in the USA? March 12, 2010 By Kim Moody Last year, US unions lost 771,000 members, enough to wipe out the slim gains of the previous...
KPFK’s Strategy Session interview with Sal Rosselli March 8, 2010 Source: KPFA https://nuhw.org/storage/media/kpfk_100308_160030strategysession.MP3
Times-Herald: healthcare unions await board’s ruling March 5, 2010 By Sarah Rohrs The battle over which union will represent nearly 6,900 workers at 51 health care facilities in California...
Orange County Register: police investigating union worker fight at hospital March 4, 2010 By Deepa Bharath A 31-year-old union employee could face misdemeanor assault charges after she pushed another union worker who was...
Modern Healthcare: union votes allowed at over 30 healthcare sites March 4, 2010 By: Joe Carlson The National Labor Relations Board has cleared the way for union elections at more than 30 healthcare...
San Francisco Bay Guardian: SF leaders condemn SEIU tactics March 3, 2010 By Steven T. Jones San Franciscans seem to be turning against Service Employee International Union and its national President Andy...
In These Times: SEIU’s mega-local meltdown March 2, 2010 By Steve Early The 1021 reformers also made a point of declaring that they “will not spend a penny” of...
Beyond Chron: rejecting Stern appointees, SEIU1021 members give reformers election sweep March 1, 2010 by Randy Shaw, Mar. 01, 2010 In a striking blow to SEIU’s national leadership, the reform “Change 1021” slate defeated...
Truthdig: A Calamity in the Making February 24, 2010 “We see unionized health care workers are the last line of defense against employers making decisions based on profit as...
Labor Notes: young California unionists on their way to Detroit February 20, 2010 Daniel Ray, a volunteer organizer for the National Union of Healthcare Workers said, “We need resources so we can send...