August 16th, 2019
Press Release: Kaiser mental health clinicians to hold vigils honoring patients who struggle to access care
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 16, 2019 Contact: Matthew Artz, 510-435-8035, martz@nuhw.org Hundreds of psychologists, therapists, social workers and psychiatric nurses will gather over several days outside Kaiser hospitals beginning Saturday. Los Angeles – Mental health therapists will hold hour-long vigils outside Kaiser facilities across Southern California starting Saturday to draw attention to the struggles faced […]
August 2nd, 2019
Press Release: Caregivers to speak out against Napa County hospital merger
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 1, 2019 Contact: Matthew Artz, 510-435-8035, martz@nuhw.org Caregivers at Queen of the Valley Medical Center will join community members in demanding further review of a proposed hospital merger that would reduce available medical care in Napa County. WHAT: Public hearing on Providence St. Joseph/Adventist Health West merger WHEN: 10 a.m. Friday, […]
July 30th, 2019
July 2019 Pulse
Welcome to the July 2019 edition of our union’s e-newsletter. We are sad to report the passing of NUHW pioneer and executive board member Eloise Reese-Burns. Please read more about her remarkable life below. In recent weeks, NUHW members presented Kaiser with a settlement proposal, held a one-day mental health strike in San Francisco, and […]
July 30th, 2019
News of the Month – July 2019
A Washington Post investigation detailed the extent to which drug manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers flooded some of the nation’s most vulnerable communities with billions of opiates. Federal law requires California to act against nursing homes that practice “patient dumping,” the act of sending low-income patients to medical or mental hospitals and refusing to take them […]
July 30th, 2019
Remembering Eloise Reese-Burns, a champion for patients and caregivers
Eloise Reese-Burns, who devoted her life to caring for her patients and standing up for her coworkers, died this month following complications from a stroke. She was 80. Reese-Burns was a longstanding member of NUHW’s executive board and one of the longest-tenured health care workers in California. She started working as a nursing assistant at […]