September 25th, 2019
NUHW members strike Janus of Santa Cruz
NUHW members at Janus of Santa Cruz held their first-ever strike on Thursday, September 26, after management imposed a first contract that did not remedy poverty wages that has forced many workers to find new jobs. “I love Janus, but I couldn’t afford to stay full-time at a job that paid so little that my […]
September 24th, 2019
Elected stewards envision NUHW’s next decade
Participants spent time Saturday discussing what big-picture goals we should seek to accomplish over the next 10 years with respect to politics, organizing, and contract standards. Afterward, our executive board approved the outline of our top objectives and an artist turned that vision into a mural. Click here to download a high-resolution image.
September 24th, 2019
Stewards celebrate NUHW’s first decade, look forward, at 2019 Leadership Conference
Our 2019 NUHW Leadership Conference this past weekend was a great testament to the movement we have built since NUHW’s founding 10 years ago. Over the course of three days, about 400 stewards from medical facilities across California and Hawaii got a chance to take classes, discuss strategies for winning better contracts, chart a vision […]
September 23rd, 2019
Elected officials address Leadership Conference
Congresswoman Katie Porter (D-Irvine) defeated incumbent Mimi Walters in 2018 with the help of NUHW volunteers who knocked on doors and participated in phone banks reaching out to voters in her district. Porter, a former professor at UC Irvine School of Law, has not disappointed in Congress. One of the first bills she introduced was […]
August 29th, 2019
Seton workers voice concerns about sale of hospitals
Caregivers at Seton Medical Center and Seton Coastside spoke at public forums this week calling on Attorney General Xavier Becerra to require that the proposed purchaser of both San Mateo County facilities maintain medical services and keep Seton Medical Center operating as an acute care hospital. Seton Medical Center and Seton Coastside are the nearest […]