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Keck Medical Center of USC

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...
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....
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...
Around the Union, December 2015: News and views from throughout NUHW December 18, 2015 Keck–USC caregivers overwhelmingly reject hospital’s contract proposal, authorize strike On December 11 Friday, December 11, hundreds of workers at Keck...
NUHW endorses Bernie Sanders for president in 2016 election December 18, 2015 Nearly 200 elected rank-and-file leaders representing 11,000 members of the National Union of Healthcare Workers voted 72% to endorse Vermont...