August 31st, 2018

News of the Week — SEIU-UHW accused of shoving assemblyman

Each week we share articles on subjects that are important to NUHW and its members. Here are several must-read stories over the past seven days: Assemblyman Richard Bloom accused SEIU-UHW President Dave Regan of shoving him at a Sacramento Restaurant, The Sacramento Bee reports. Bloom reported the incident to the Assembly Rules Committee. The San […]

August 30th, 2018

Elk Grove Unified School District counselors win first contract

Elk Grove Unified School District workers showed strong unity in winning their first contract. The two-year agreement addressed areas of great importance to members including having a reliably available work space to perform their work, that ensures student confidentiality, and a process by which resolution of an issue or situation can be had where legal […]

August 30th, 2018

SEIU-UHW President still an abusive bully

By Clement Papazian When my fellow Kaiser Permanente mental health clinicians and I left SEIU-UHW in 2010, people asked why we cut ties with such a big, powerful union. After having seen SEIU spend the previous year sacking our locally elected leaders and putting outsiders like Dave Regan in charge, the answer was simple: A […]

August 27th, 2018

More Sodexo workers win raises in excess of 40 percent

More than 100 NUHW-represented Sodexo workers won contracts that will boost many of their paychecks by more than 40 percent over the next 16 months. The three-year contracts won by Sodexo workers at Los Alamitos Medical Center and Lakewood Medical Center will increase minimum hourly wages from as little as $11 at both hospitals to […]

August 27th, 2018

NUHW unveils November 2018 candidate endorsements

As we wrap up our endorsement hearings in September, please visit https://nuhw.org/endorsements/ for a full list of every candidate and ballot measure backed by NUHW members and our executive board. The more allies we can help win elective office, the more leverage we’ll have with employers to win good contracts. And, as a democratic union, […]