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‘I’m not the same’: Santa Rosa hospital cleaner’s life turned upside-down during pandemic March 30, 2021 When Carmen Amavisca, a housekeeper at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, received her first Covid-19 vaccine shot in December, she thought...
NUHW addresses State Legislature’s Mental Health Caucus March 29, 2021 NUHW President Sal Rosselli was invited to address the March 24 online meeting of the State Legislature’s Mental Health Caucus....
News of the Month — March 2021 March 26, 2021 Note: Some of these stories may require a subscription.  Sen. Bernie Sanders blasted the effort to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom....
NUHW members pressure Providence to reverse layoffs, preserve birthing center March 26, 2021 Several dozen NUHW members at six Providence hospitals along with allies and elected leaders made calls to company executives, urging...
NUHW Executive Board sworn in for three-year term March 26, 2021 NUHW’s new Executive Board was sworn in Saturday, March 13, and seated for the first meeting of the three-year term....
Mental health reform legislation advances in the State Senate March 26, 2021 A bill sponsored by NUHW to require Kaiser Permanente and all health plans in California to provide timely follow-up mental...
NUHW members help elect to two allies in key special elections March 26, 2021
Members at The Sequoias – Portola Valley settle short-term agreement with new employer March 26, 2021 NUHW members at The Sequoias – Portola Valley recently ratified a short-term contract that preserves the terms and conditions of...
COVID-19 Vaccines Save Lives March 23, 2021 Dr. Desmond Carlson, an Emergency Medicine doctor in Richmond, California, for 30 years,  tells why the Covid-19 vaccines now available...
NUHW condemns racism against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders amid rise in hate crimes March 19, 2021 NUHW President Sal Rosselli and Secretary-Treasurer issued the following statement following the March 16 shootings that claimed the lives of...
Providence slashes hospital jobs and services even after announcing annual profit March 16, 2021 UPDATE: Workers at Providence’s Queen of the Valley Medical Center in Napa will hold an informational picket on Wednesday, April...
Seton workers picket against layoffs, chronic understaffing March 10, 2021 One year after they rallied to save their hospitals from imminent closure as the pandemic was taking hold, caregivers at...

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