November 25th, 2019
PSJ workers hold 1-day statewide strike
More than 1,000 NUHW members went on strike Wednesday, Nov. 20, walking picket lines to demand fair contracts and safe staffing at Providence St. Joseph hospitals throughout Northern California. “We can’t provide quality patient care if we don’t have enough caregivers,” said Joy Layson, a nursing assistant at Queen of the Valley Medical Center in […]
November 25th, 2019
Members at Hazel Hawkins win strong contact
NUHW members at Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital stood strong against early attempts by management to freeze wages and won a three year contract that will boost wages by 4 percent every year. The hospital in Holister, Calif. had originally proposed wage freezes and then offered workers only a 1 percent raise. But workers refused those […]
November 20th, 2019
Providence St. Joseph workers on strike
Hospital workers went strike Wednesday, November 20, against Providence St. Joseph hospitals in Northern California, demanding contracts that ensure safe staffing and require the health care giant to invest its massive profits into its workforce and the communities it serves. While Providence St. Joseph, the nation’s third largest nonprofit hospital system, generates annual net revenues […]
November 11th, 2019
Strike cancellation coverage amid Kaiser CEO’s passing
Several major news outlets in California reported on the cancellation of our strike following the sudden death of Kaiser CEO Bernard Tyson. These stories included our perspective on Kaiser’s failure to treat mental health care with the same commitment as its other services. Here is an excerpt from a story on Tyson’s passing in the […]
November 10th, 2019
Kaiser Permanente mental health clinicians postpone 5-day statewide strike following the death of Kaiser CEO Bernard Tyson
Four thousand psychologists, mental health therapists and other medical professionals at Kaiser Permanente have postponed a five-day strike that was to set begin Monday in deference to the passing of Kaiser CEO Bernard Tyson on Sunday. After learning of Tyson’s death, 170 member-leaders of the National Union of Healthcare Workers convened a call and voted […]