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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...
President Biden praises unions March 8, 2021 On February 28, as workers at an Amazon plant in Bessemer, Alabama continued voting whether to form a union, President...
2021 could be a big year for labor unions March 5, 2021 In cities across the U.S., and between the walls of some of the world’s largest enterprises, there is a swelling...
News of the Month — February 2021 February 24, 2021 Note: Some of these stories may require a subscription.  Cal/OSHA continues to aggressively issue citations to employers for COVID-19–related violations,...
NUHW takes the lead in fighting the recall February 24, 2021 Our effort to defeat the recall of Gov. Newsom expanded in February with additional social media posts and more than...
Podcast chronicles struggle to access Kaiser mental health care February 24, 2021 The struggle of Kaiser mental health clinicians to improve patient access was featured in the most recent episode of the...
CPMC workers ratify one-year contract, continue bargaining for more February 24, 2021 NUHW members at California Pacific Medical Center, Sutter Health’s flagship hospital and the second-largest hospital in California, recently voted to...
NUHW members are mobilizing to win two key special elections February 24, 2021 NUHW members in Southern California are helping elect two allies who are running in two critical special elections next month....
Kaiser stewards win back more than $500,000 in lost pay February 24, 2021 NUHW stewards at Kaiser Permanente in Northern California acted quickly to prevent Kaiser from violating our contract and costing members...
NUHW members star in COVID vaccination photo series February 22, 2021 NUHW members are encouraging everyone to get vaccinated by sharing their vaccination photos on social media. To check out the...
Pandemic fuels growth at Amazon — and worker organizing February 19, 2021 Amazon is the largest private employer in California’s Inland Empire, with more than 40,000 people in the region handling or...

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