October 30th, 2018
NUHW members volunteering to elect pro-worker candidates
NUHW members have been working hard to elect candidates who will stand up for workers. As of Friday, members have completed hundreds of volunteer shifts across California. Our members have been volunteering for local candidates in their communities, including Josh Harder, who’s running for Congress in the Central Valley, Gil Cisneros, who’s running for Congress […]
October 30th, 2018
NUHW members win contracts across California
Over the past month, NUHW members have ratified new contracts that will significantly improve wages at several healthcare facilities including Providence Tarzana Medical Center, Kindred Brea and The Sequoias Portola Valley. At Providence Tarzana, we won a four-year contract with raises ranging from 9.3 percent to 16.99 percent. The contract also includes our first wage […]
October 29th, 2018
NUHW USC Corporate Welfare
USC Trojans corporate welfare: Some USC hospital workers are paid so little that they are forced to rely on taxpayer support in the form of Medi-Cal and food stamps. Some even have to recycle cans to make ends meet. Now USC promises “4000 permanent jobs” at its proposed biotech park — but can we trust […]
October 29th, 2018
News of the Month — October
An all-Republican panel of President Trump’s National Labor Relation Board issued a far-reaching ruling that could make it harder for unions to stage pickets when their members are employed by subcontracting firms, In These Times reports. The panel ruled that janitors in San Francisco violated the law when they picketed in front of their workplace […]
October 28th, 2018
NUHW Pulse – October 2018
Welcome to the October 2018 edition of our union’s e-newsletter. In recent weeks, NUHW members have ratified four contracts, organized dozens of new members, launched a social media campaign to pressure Kaiser to provide timely mental health treatment, completed hundreds of volunteer election shifts and released one video about the experiences of folks who join […]