February 11th, 2020
Misleading economic statistics obscure workers’ financial fragility
On the surface, it looks like it’s been a great decade for the American economy: The national unemployment rate dropped from about 10 percent to just under 4 percent; high-income workers saw their pay go up and, eventually, lower-income workers saw their wages rise as well. So what’s not to like? As Annie Lowrey observed […]
February 10th, 2020
Caregivers to picket USC hospitals Tuesday over illegal sick leave policy that puts patients at risk
Caregivers at Keck Hospital of USC and USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center will hold an informational picket on Tuesday, Feb. 11 to protest USC’s illegal policy changes that will make it harder for more than 2,600 hospital employees to take sick leave for themselves or care for sick children, spouses or parents. WHO: Caregivers including […]
January 30th, 2020
January 2020 PULSE
In recent weeks, NUHW members talked to reporters about Governor Newsom’s mental health parity initiative, settled contracts at a health center that primarily serves Latino immigrants and a nursing home in San Francisco, and endorsed candidates for the March primary election. Check out the stories below, and be sure to follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and […]
January 30th, 2020
Redwood Memorial Hospital is stealth-cutting its services to women and children
Providence St. Joseph Health reported a $13 million profit last year operating Redwood Memorial Hospital in California’s Humboldt County. But instead of investing more resources into the Fortuna, Calif., hospital to improve patient care, the company is quietly considering shutting down pediatric and obstetric services, the Eureka Times-Standard reports. In a letter to California Attorney […]
January 30th, 2020
After NUHW protest, Newsom pledges to make enforcement agency “do its damn job”
Our fight for mental health parity is resonating in the state capital. Following a statewide strike by Kaiser mental health therapists last month, culminating in protests held outside the Sacramento offices of the California Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC), Gov. Newsom earlier this month that the agency is “getting in the business of real […]