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Video: Poverty wages at Keck Hospital of USC February 4, 2016 Workers at the University of Southern California’s Keck Hospital are fighting for better patient care and fair wages and benefits...
900 caregivers to strike University of Southern California’s Keck Hospital Feb. 10 February 1, 2016 NUHW-represented healthcare workers protest short staffing that undermines quality of patient care and low wages and poor benefits that force...
100 more workers at Keck Hospital of USC authorize strike January 20, 2016 Nearly 900 Keck–USC workers protest poverty wages that qualify many for public assistance LOS ANGELES — In an overwhelming rejection...
Corizon under fire for mass layoffs at Alameda County’s jails January 8, 2016 Corizon, the notorious for-profit corporation that provides healthcare services to inmates at Alameda County’s jails, is under fire abruptly laying...
49 nurses fired at Alameda County jails January 7, 2016 By Dan Lawton Contra Costa Times January 7, 2016 DUBLIN — A private health care provider with a checkered past...
NUHW Pulse – December 2015: The latest news from NUHW December 21, 2015 Welcome to the December 2015 edition of NUHW Pulse, our union’s e-newsletter. Three Kaiser contracts settled, one more to go...
Contracts ratified at Kindred Bay Area, Sutter Health’s California Pacific Medical Center December 21, 2015 With strong support from the community, plus great turnout at informational pickets, NUHW members at Sutter Health’s flagship hospital, San...
Three Kaiser contracts ratified, one more to go December 21, 2015 After a five-year struggle, members in three of NUHW’s four Kaiser units have ratified contracts and negotiations to settle the...
New Organizing: Novato Healthcare Center, Petaluma Valley Hospital, Alta Bates Summit December 18, 2015 Workers at Novato Healthcare Center vote to join NUHW One hundred and sixty workers at Novato Healthcare Center, Marin County’s...
NUHW participates in Berlin labor conference December 18, 2015 By NUHW Organizer Marilyn Albert, RN It is a tribute to NUHW’s history and principles that we were invited, for...
NUHW members at Alameda County jails win $350,000 settlement over missed meal periods December 18, 2015 In October, healthcare workers at Alameda County’s jails — Santa Rita Jail in Dublin and the Glenn E. Dyer Detention...
A message from the NUHW Retirees Committee December 18, 2015 By Melinda Ginne In the fall of 2015 a group of NUHW retirees came together to form a retirees group....

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