January 4th, 2019
LA Teacher Support Petition
We stand with teachers! As healthcare workers, we know that caring for our patients sometimes means protecting them by fighting back against corporate greed. Now teachers in Los Angeles are fighting for smaller class sizes and to protect public education. As NUHW members, we support their fight! Many of us were inspired by the example […]
December 28th, 2018
NUHW Pulse – December 2018
Welcome to the December 2018 edition of our union’s e-newsletter. In recent weeks, NUHW members staged a five-day statewide strike of Kaiser Permanente, received an award for our work in Orange County and staged a successful picket to fight takeaways at Marin General Hospital. Our actions in December capped off a busy and exciting year […]
December 21st, 2018
NUHW members put pressure on Kaiser with statewide strike
Four thousand NUHW members staged a five-day strike this month, putting intense pressure on Kaiser Permanente to settle a contract that treats its workers fairly and provides patients better access to mental health treatment. Strikers included psychologists, social workers, therapists, psychiatric nurses, addiction medicine specialists, dietitians, audiologists and health educators as well as nurses and […]
December 21st, 2018
NUHW wins award for work in Orange County
NUHW was honored this month by Orange County Communities Organized for Responsible Development. OCCORD is one of Orange County’s leading progressive organizations. Its members participated in our labor actions this year that resulted in big raises for workers at West Anaheim Medical Center, Kindred Brea and Westminster hospitals, Fountain Valley Regional Hospital and Los Alamitos […]
December 21st, 2018
Marin General picket builds worker solidarity to fight takeaway
How do you know when you have a successful informational picket? When you represent 65 radiological technologists at a hospital, but bring out more than 125 workers all marching in solidarity. That was the scene on Dec. 19 outside Marin General Hospital where employees represented by the California Nurses Association, Teamsters and Stationary Engineers, Local […]