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Santa Rita Jail workers refunded after employer’s benefit error November 24, 2021 Since January 2020, Geneica Williams, a nurse and NUHW steward at Santa Rita Jail in Alameda County, where workers are...
On Día de Muertos, remembering those lost to COVID-19 November 23, 2021 Día de Muertos is a pre-Columbian Mesoamerican tradition dating back more than 3,000 years in which people honor their deceased...
Member profile: Ana Ortiz November 23, 2021 Ana Ortiz, an expeditor at Santa Rosa Memorial, discovered Aztec dance as a way to deal with the stress of...
NUHW members picket West Anaheim Medical Center over staffing crisis November 23, 2021 More than 100 nurses, respiratory therapists and medical technicians picketed West Anaheim Medical Center on November 22 demanding that the...
Salinas Valley Memorial workers ratify contract with strong raises and better educational benefits November 23, 2021 After four months of intense negotiations and actions, 887 NUHW members at Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital won a four-year contract...
NUHW holds solidarity strike, marches on Kaiser’s Oakland headquarters November 19, 2021 In a forceful demonstration of solidarity with striking Kaiser Permanente engineers and outrage over Kaiser’s chronic underfunding of behavioral health...
Hawaii mental health therapists authorize strike; seek state investigation of Kaiser Permanente November 8, 2021 HONOLULU — After three years of stalled contract negotiations, mental health clinicians at Kaiser Permanente in Hawaii have authorized a...
Therapist: Kaiser should be “ashamed” for long wait times, lack of equity in mental health care November 1, 2021 The founder and lead clinician at Kaiser Permanente’s La Clínica, a program that serves Latinx residents in Richmond, California, criticized...
NUHW’s mental health bill signed into law October 28, 2021 California took a giant step toward mental health parity in October when Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 221, NUHW’s legislation...
Steward council says no to coal train in Humboldt County October 27, 2021 Members of the NUHW Steward Council from St. Joseph and Redwood Memorial Hospital in Humboldt County voted to join a...
SB 221 signing makes the news October 21, 2021 NUHW’s groundbreaking mental health access bill, SB 221 is being hailed as one of the most significant pieces of legislation...
Member profile: Chuck Desepte October 18, 2021 As a steward, X-ray technician Chuck Desepte works hard to engage and inspire coworkers. "The only way to stop the...

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