February 16th, 2018
NUHW members rally in support of Dreamers
About 30 NUHW members participated in a Feb. 6 rally outside their Oakland hospital supporting undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children. With Congress again facing pressure to restore protections for young immigrants known as Dreamers, staffers and doctors at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland called for a bill that protects them from […]
February 15th, 2018
News of the Week: California has too few behavioral health professionals
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: A new report, funded by the California Health Care Foundation, forecasts a substantial shortage of qualified and diverse behavioral health professionals in California within 10 years, leaving minority patients and […]
February 7th, 2018
NUHW’s Kaiser fight discussed on labor podcast
NUHW President Sal Rosselli and Clem Papazian, a psychiatric social worker at Kaiser Permanente, appeared on a leading labor podcast this month to discuss our five-year fight to improve access to mental health care at the nation’s largest HMO. Host Jonathan Tasini lauded NUHW’s campaign as “social movement unionism at its best,” during the 25-minute […]
February 7th, 2018
News of the Week: Feb. 1 – 7
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: Our Feb. 1 Sodexo worker strike outside Fountain Valley Regional Hospital was covered by Southern California’s top publications, including the Los Angeles Times. The Orange County Register ran an op-ed supporting the […]
February 2nd, 2018
Fountain Valley Sodexo workers on strike
Scores of striking housekeepers and cafeteria workers along with dozens of allies sent a strong message to Fountain Valley Regional Hospital and Sodexo that they will no longer accept poverty wages, unaffordable health insurance, and short staffing. The February 1 one-day strike outside Orange County’s largest for-profit hospital drew numerous elected officials including Santa Ana […]