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Queen of the Valley

NUHW members gather for statewide meetings February 2, 2017 With a steady stream of executive orders signed in his tumultuous first week on the job, President Donald Trump has...
NUHW Pulse – December 2016: the latest news from NUHW December 21, 2016 Welcome to the December 2016 year-end edition of NUHW Pulse, our union’s e-newsletter! An extraordinary year for NUHW This short...
2016 year in review — contract victories and bargaining updates December 21, 2016 NUHW had a hugely successful bargaining year, winning 16 contracts covering 8,000 members. We are currently bargaining seven more contracts....
NUHW members campaign for union-endorsed issues and candidates December 21, 2016 With a busy primary season and historic November general election, NUHW members tirelessly worked the phones and hit the streets...
A recap of the NUHW’s 2016 Leadership Conference December 21, 2016 Nearly 300 stewards from throughout California gathered in Oakland in October for NUHW’s fourth annual Leadership Conference. We reviewed our...
Nearly 2,000 workers joined NUHW in the past year December 21, 2016 In 2016, we organized more than 1,800 workers in five facilities throughout California, winning nine elections in new and residual...
419 Napa caregivers vote to join National Union of Healthcare Workers November 17, 2016 Healthcare workers at St. Joseph Health System’s Queen of the Valley Hospital join 1,300 NUHW-represented caregivers at four other Northern...
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...
St. Joseph Sonoma members ratify contracts June 21, 2016 NUHW members at Sonoma County’s two St. Joseph Health System hospitals voted June 18 to ratify contracts. It’s the first...
Strike averted at Santa Rosa Memorial, Petaluma Valley hospitals June 9, 2016 Caregivers win significant patient care improvements in tentative agreement reached between NUHW members, St. Joseph Health System SONOMA COUNTY —...
800 St. Joseph Sonoma County healthcare workers will strike Thursday, June 9 May 27, 2016 Caregivers at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital and Petaluma Valley Hospital protest understaffing, low wages, drastic cuts to benefits St. Joseph...
Humboldt County St. Joseph workers win 30 percent wage increase over three years April 29, 2016 After an eighteen-month struggle, NUHW-represented healthcare workers at St. Joseph Health System’s Redwood Memorial Hospital in Fortuna and St. Joseph...