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Santa Rita Jail / Glenn Dyer Detention Center (Corizon)

An extraordinary year for NUHW October 11, 2016 It’s been an extraordinary year for NUHW. Between October 2015 and October 2016, we settled twenty-three contracts — including nine first-time contracts...
California voters double-crossed by SEIU — for the second time July 18, 2016 This op-ed by NUHW President Sal Rosselli originally appeared in the Sacramento Bee and the Huffington Post. California voters have...
NUHW members raise $1000 for Darrell Steinberg campaign for mayor of Sacramento March 3, 2016 NUHW members raised more than $1000 for Darrell Steinberg’s campaign for mayor of Sacramento at an event held February 20....
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...
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....
Labor Board certifies NUHW election victory at Seton Medical Center, Seton Coastside December 18, 2015 On November 2, in a clear demonstration of the inefficient, anti-worker procedural policies of the National Labor Relations Board and...