December 30th, 2019
NUHW members picket San Francisco nursing home
Workers at San Francisco Post Acute, a 53-bed nursing home in San Francisco, held an informational picket this month to protest the home’s refusal to pay them a living wage, while its Utah-based corporate owner makes millions in annual profits running the facility. The picketers included nursing assistants, housekeepers and cooks at the nursing home, […]
December 30th, 2019
Kaiser mental health workers hold 5-day statewide strike
Four thousand Kaiser mental health clinicians and other healthcare professionals demonstrated their resolve last week with a powerful five-day strike that put Kaiser on the defensive and forced its executives to understand just how determined NUHW members are to win a fair contract that improves the care their patients receive. Over the course of five […]
December 30th, 2019
NUHW members force Kindred to abandon PTO takeaway plan
NUHW members at four Kindred hospitals successfully fought off the corporation’s plan to eliminate paid sick time hours starting January 2020. Kindred had planned to eliminate sick time hours and require workers to use paid time off (PTO) hours for sick time. Because Kindred did not plan to make up for it by increasing employees’ […]
December 30th, 2019
NUHW endorsements inlcude George Gascón for LA District Attorney
NUHW members came out en force for recent interviews with candidates for elected offices in Los Angeles and Orange counties. Our executive board affirmed the selections of our members, including former San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón, who is running for the same position in Los Angeles County as a reformer. Our members also decided […]
December 20th, 2019
December 2019 PULSE
Welcome to the December 2019 edition of our union’s e-newsletter. We wish you a happy new year. In recent weeks, NUHW members struck Kaiser facilities across California, conducted an informational picket at San Francisco Post Acute, won a grievance at Kindred Hospitals and an NLRB ruling against Queen of the Valley Medical Center, and held […]