December 10th, 2023
Sutter workers hold first-ever strike
This page is also available in: Español Fed up with severe understaffing and 18 months of fruitless contract negotiations, nearly 150 NUHW members held a one day strike Dec. 6 at the Sutter Center for Psychiatry in Sacramento. Workers danced to music, high-fived passers-by and chanted “This is about patient care!” as they […]
December 4th, 2023
Workers to strike Sutter psychiatric hospital in Sacramento
Workers will strike the Sutter Center for Psychiatry on Wednesday, December 6, demanding a fair contract that improves wages and addresses unsafe staffing levels and worsening conditions for patients. The one-day unfair labor practice strike will mark the first-ever work stoppage by nearly 150 workers represented by the National Union of Healthcare Workers at the […]
November 29th, 2023
November 2023 PULSE
In November, NUHW members held a successful picket at Sutter’s psychiatric hospital in Sacramento, won a strong contract that’s just the start of improving conditions for healthcare workers and patients at Santa Rita Jail, and celebrated organizing victories at the USC Spine Center, Sutter Hospice Sacramento and Hospice East Bay. You can read all the […]
November 27th, 2023
After winning contract, NUHW members take concerns to county sheriff
This page is also available in: Español NUHW members who provide health care at Santa Rita Jail in Alameda County took a big step in November toward addressing long-standing issues at the jail that have resulted in understaffing and compromised the care available to inmates. With the 150 nurses, medical assistants, occupational therapists, […]
November 22nd, 2023
Q&A: Former Kaiser therapist talks about going into private practice
Ann Rivello is a licensed clinical social worker, who went into private practice full-time in 2021 after a long career in mental health, including 12 years at Kaiser Permanente in the Bay Area. In this Q&A that is edited for length and clarity, Ann talks about her decision to go into private practice, and what […]