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Union–community partnerships reap real benefits February 13, 2020 Unions are about far more than wages and benefits. That’s why NUHW advocates for issues like patient care and mental...
Misleading economic statistics obscure workers’ financial fragility February 11, 2020 On the surface, it looks like it’s been a great decade for the American economy: The national unemployment rate dropped...
Caregivers to picket USC hospitals Tuesday over illegal sick leave policy that puts patients at risk February 10, 2020 Caregivers at Keck Hospital of USC and USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center will hold an informational picket on Tuesday, Feb....
January 2020 PULSE January 30, 2020 In recent weeks, NUHW members talked to reporters about Governor Newsom’s mental health parity initiative, settled contracts at a health...
Redwood Memorial Hospital is stealth-cutting its services to women and children January 30, 2020 Providence St. Joseph Health reported a $13 million profit last year operating Redwood Memorial Hospital in California’s Humboldt County. But...
Realizing our 2020 vision January 29, 2020 What action will you take this year to make our union stronger? NUHW stewards tackled that question at the 2019...
News of the Month – January 2020 January 29, 2020 Thanks to climate change, workers are facing hotter temperatures on a more frequent basis, yet there are no federal safety...
Newsom’s push for mental health parity needs to start with Kaiser Permanente January 28, 2020 This piece was originally published on Medium. When California lawmakers enacted the state’s Mental Health Parity Act in 1999, mental health patients...
A historic moment for mental health parity January 13, 2020 Kaiser is facing newfound pressure not only to achieve mental health parity, but to settle contracts that treat all of...
Statement by Sal Rosselli on Gov. Newsom’s plan to strengthen enforcement of state mental health parity rules January 8, 2020 The following statement is from Sal Rosselli, president of the National Union of Health Care Workers (NUHW), the union which...
Kindred workers vote to join NUHW January 7, 2020 More than two dozen occupational therapists, physical therapists and speech pathologists voted unanimously on Jan. 7 to join NUHW. These...
News of the Month – December 2019 December 30, 2019 In the span of five days, the National Labor Relations Board reversed several Obama era union-friendly cases and measures, all...

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