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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...
Press release: Dolores Huerta endorses healthcare worker-led anti-recall campaign March 18, 2021 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 18, 2021 Contact: Matthew Artz, martz@nuhw.org, 510-435-8035 EMERYVILLE, Calif. — Labor icon Dolores Huerta is joining...
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...
Press release: California’s largest progressive organization joins NUHW in campaign to fight right-wing recall March 10, 2021 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 10, 2021 Contact: Matthew Artz, martz@nuhw.org, 510-435-8035 Angela Chavez, press@couragecampaign.org EMERYVILLE, Calif. — Courage California is...
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...
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...
Many long-term care staff continue to refuse the COVID-19 vaccine February 17, 2021 Nobody is more familiar with the impact of COVID-19 than staff at nursing homes and assisted living facilities. Nearly 40%...
Nursing home workers win COVID concessions January 29, 2021 After several rounds of negotiations, NUHW members at SF Post Acute won an agreement this month to provide additional COVID-related...

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