Category

Santa Rita Jail / Glenn Dyer Detention Center (Corizon)

Corizon’s for-profit prison healthcare under scrutiny September 12, 2015 Following the death of Mario Martinez while in custody at Alameda County’s Santa Rita Jail, KPFA Radio of Berkeley aired...
NUHW members have ratified nine contracts this year August 31, 2015 NUHW members have ratified nine contracts so far this year. Members at two Orange County hospitals, Kindred Brea and Kindred...
NUHW members march for Medicare in Oakland, Los Angeles July 31, 2015 NUHW members in Oakland and Los Angeles marched and rallied in honor of Medicare’s 50th anniversary on Thursday, July 30....
“Corporate Collaborator” Dave Regan undercut by SEIU International; SEIU-UHW members caught in crossfire July 1, 2015 “In the labor movement, there are two kinds of leaders — those who fight big corporations, and those who collaborate...
Pawns in SEIU’s Game July 1, 2015 By Cal Winslow (Originally published by CounterPunch, BeyondChron, and ZNet.) California’s healthcare unions are being reorganized. Again! The Service Employees...
Healthcare workers call on Attorney General, state regulators to issue injunction to block California Hospital Association’s whistleblower gag clause June 18, 2015 Healthcare workers call on Attorney General, state regulators to issue injunction to block California Hospital Association’s whistleblower gag clause Secret...
Corizon workers ratify three-year contract April 28, 2015 NUHW members at Santa Rita Jail and Glenn Dyer Detention Facility in Alameda County recently ratified a three-year agreement with...
NUHW Executive Board sworn in April 2, 2015 NUHW’s new Executive Board was sworn in March 14 following union-wide elections held in January. The Executive Board is the...
Corizon, Alameda County pay $8.3 million to settle jail death lawsuit February 10, 2015 Alameda County and Corizon Health, Inc., the for-profit corporation that contracts with the county to provide heathcare services for inmates...
Video: Corizon’s get-rich-quick scheme is killing people February 4, 2015 Click here to join the ACLU, Beyond Bars, and The Nation in a fight against prison profiteers like Corizon.
California labor’s civil wars continue February 2, 2015 One Step Forward, Two Steps Back: California Labor’s Civil Wars Continue By CAL WINSLOW CounterPunch, Jan. 30, 2015 http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/01/30/california-labors-civil-wars-continue/   In...
Notice of local union nominations and election of officers December 17, 2014 The NUHW Constitution calls for election of officers every three years between January and March. The election will be conducted...