January 31st, 2018
Sodexo Fountain Valley strike generates advance media coverage
The February 1 strike by NUHW-represented Sodexo workers at Tenet Healthcare’s Fountain Valley Regional Hospital generated advance coverage in all three newspapers that serve Orange County. OC Weekly kicked things off on January 23. The Orange County Register published an op-ed (below) on Januray 25. And the Daily Pilot, a Los Angeles Times-owned paper, published […]
January 30th, 2018
News of the week: Jan. 24 – 31
Each week we share articles on subjects that are important to NUHW and its members. Here are several must-read stories over the past week: Our Feb. 1 Sodexo worker strike in Southern California has received attention from Orange County’s top publications. The Orange County Register ran an op-ed supporting the cause of striking workers and OC Weekly […]
January 30th, 2018
NUHW endorses Mark Leno for San Francisco mayor; Jane Kim receives second-choice endorsement
The National Union of Healthcare Workers has endorsed former State Sen. Mark Leno as its first choice for Mayor of San Francisco. Leno, who also served on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors and in the State Assembly, was California’s first openly gay State Senator. In the Senate, he authored the landmark bill that will […]
January 25th, 2018
News of the Week: Jan. 18-25
Each week we share articles on subjects that are important to NUHW and its members. Here are several must-read stories over the past week: OC Weekly wrote about our upcoming strike at Fountain Valley Regional Hospital. The striking workers are employed by Sodexo, multi-billion dollar outsourcing firm that pays workers several of them collect bottles […]
January 22nd, 2018
Video: Sodexo–Tenet workers have to recycle cans to make ends meet
Full-time Sodexo workers at three Tenet Healthcare hospitals in Orange and Los Angeles counties have to recycle cans to make ends meet. Fountain Valley Regional Medical Center, Los Alamitos Medical Center, and Lakewood Regional Medical Center Lakewood Regional Medical Center subcontract workers to Sodexo, a multinational firm that pays barely above minimum wage. On February 1, Fountain Valley workers […]