July 20th, 2017
Kaiser again cited for mental health access violations
A state survey released in June found that Kaiser Permanente still did not provide patients in California with “timely access” to behavioral health treatment. The Department of Managed Health Care report noted that Kaiser had made improvements in providing timely appointments, but still fell short state standards four years after it fined the health care […]
July 17th, 2017
Workers tell Fountain Valley CEO to stop profiting off poverty wages
More than a dozen workers at Fountain Valley Regional Medical Center paid a visit to Hospital CEO Kenneth McFarland last week asking that he prioritize settling a fair contract for them. The workers cook meals, greet patients and sanitize operating rooms at the Orange County hospital, but they work for Sodexo, a French outsourcing firm, […]
June 30th, 2017
NUHW in the News: Brius blames NUHW for state audit
The state’s largest nursing home operator is blaming NUHW in part for an upcoming state audit of its dealings with firms controlled by its CEO Shlomo Rechnitz. California’s Joint Legislative Audit Committee on Wednesday approved the audit Wednesday at the request of State Sen. Mike McGuire and Assemblymember Jim Wood. Both legislators represent Humboldt County, […]
June 26th, 2017
Queen of the Valley workers send delegation to CEO
NUHW members at Providence St. Joseph’s Queen of the Valley Medical Center in Napa sent a delegation to the home of CEO Larry Coomes on June 10. The house call was precipitated by a complaint filed against the hospital by the National Labor Relations Board. The complaint, which was covered by the Napa Valley Register and […]
June 23rd, 2017
Sodexo workers demand equal pay
Dozens of workers, represented by the National Union of Healthcare Workers, demonstrated outside Fountain Valley Regional Hospital and the University of Southern California’s Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center this week to protest poverty wages paid by Sodexo, the hospitals’ subcontractor. Both Fountain Valley and USC Norris subcontract key divisions to Sodexo, a Fortune Global 500 firm that […]