October 16th, 2017
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland workers ratify contract
Business office and clerical workers at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland voted 98 percent October 12 in favor of a contract that guarantees raises of at least 13 percent through 2020. The agreement provides a retroactive 3 percent bonus, 3 percent raise this year, and 3 percent raises in 2018 and 2019, and a 1 […]
September 25th, 2017
NUHW clinicians address National Press Club
Jackie Schalit and Ken Rogers became the first NUHW members to address reporters at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. They were joined Monday by Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, a leading voice in Congress on addressing the nation’s opioid addiction crisis, and Culyer Costanzo, who works at an addiction treatment center in Ohio. […]
September 14th, 2017
Trouble in Napa: Hospital Workers Fight for their Union
This story by Cal Winslow originally ran in Beyond Chron. Here is the story of David v. Goliath, again; the story now commonplace as hospitals and health care providers consolidate and corporatize. Queen of the Valley is typical of rural healthcare, it is relatively small, it serves a poor, aging population, financially it is weak, […]
September 8th, 2017
If Trump really wants economic fairness, it’s not DACA he needs to reverse
This op-ed was originally published in the HuffPost. By Sal Rosselli For someone who’s made a fortune off the labor of low-paid foreign-born workers, President Donald Trump should be the last person accusing them of being a threat to our safety and prosperity. But without a shred of evidence, the president tried to cloak his […]
September 8th, 2017
Portrait of an NUHW leader: Ruth Kees
Ruth, a long-time steward at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland, talks about her union activism and her commitment to social justice. View her interview below.