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Caregivers at Brius-owned San Rafael Healthcare and Wellness protest poor conditions for patients, workers August 21, 2015 Sixty NUHW-represented caregivers at Marin County’s San Rafael Healthcare and Wellness Center went on strike for two days to protest...
San Rafael Healthcare and Wellness Center workers to strike Thursday and Friday, August 20 and 21 August 19, 2015 Caregivers protest poor and deteriorating patient care conditions, drastic cuts to healthcare coverage and other benefits, and wages that have...
San Francisco Nursing Center healthcare workers launch second strike: Thursday and Friday, August 20 and 21 August 19, 2015 Caregivers protest new owner’s unethical labor practices, failure to return to bargaining table as promised following one-day strike July 22...
Strict limits on mental health care still common for California patients August 13, 2015 National Public Radio’s Here and Now aired this story by reporter Jenny Gold about the failure of Kaiser Permanente and...
Therapists demand action in response to tragic Santa Rosa suicide that highlights the failures of Kaiser Permanente’s mental health care services August 3, 2015 Therapists demand action in response to tragic Santa Rosa suicide that highlights the failures of Kaiser Permanente’s mental health care...
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....
SF Nursing Center workers stage successful one-day strike over benefit cuts July 23, 2015 NUHW members at San Francisco Nursing Center saw one hundred percent participation in their hugely successful one-day strike July 22....
San Francisco Nursing Center caregivers strike over cuts to healthcare coverage July 21, 2015 SFNC healthcare workers protest new owner’s unethical labor practices Community leaders will join fifty workers on picket line at Mission District’s...
Humboldt County NUHW members discuss St. Joseph’s low wages on KHSU’s Thursday Night Talk July 6, 2015 St. Joseph Eureka healthcare workers Kellie Shaner and Allen McCloskey, along with NUHW Lead Negotiator Charlie Ridgell, discussed St. Joseph...
Report: Uncompensated Care: How St. Joseph Health’s Low Wages Leave Caregivers Behind July 3, 2015 In May, Humboldt County healthcare workers hosted a community discussion and unveiled a new report, Uncompensated Care: How St. Joseph Health’s Low...
“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...