November 7th, 2023
Workers to picket Sutter psychiatric hospital in Sacramento
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, Nov. 7 Contact: Matthew Artz, martz@nuhw.org, 510-435-8035 Picket lines will be held Wednesday, Nov. 8 from 6 to 8:30 a.m. and 2 to 4 p.m. Workers will picket the Sutter Center for Psychiatry on Wednesday demanding a fair contract that improves wages and addresses worsening conditions for patients. During the morning […]
October 26th, 2023
Kindred San Diego workers strike for fair pay
This page is also available in: Español Vanik Sarkissian, a lab scientist at Kindred Hospital San Diego, ended a three-day strike with his colleagues this month more determined than ever to win a fair contract from their employer. “We showed that we’re willing to apply pressure and that we’re not going to give […]
October 26th, 2023
Nearly 500 workers join NUHW in October
This page is also available in: Español October has been a “scary good” month for NUHW as nearly 500 healthcare workers, most of whom work at a major Providence hospital in Los Angeles voted to join our union. Workers at Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center San Pedro began organizing with NUHW […]
October 26th, 2023
Kindred Bay Area workers win better salaries and benefits
This page is also available in: Español Workers at Kindred Bay Area Hospital in San Leandro voted in October to ratify a contract that will boost salaries while lowering health insurance premiums. The three-year agreement for more than 100 respiratory therapists, medical technicians, nursing assistants, phlebotomists and other caregivers comes on the heels […]
October 26th, 2023
Member Profile: Creight Fontentelle
Creight Fontenelle, a radiology tech at Keck Hospital for two decades, also served on the NUHW Executive Board.