September 25th, 2018
Kevin de León speaks at Leadership Conference, wins NUHW endorsement
State Senator Kevin de León won NUHW’s endorsement for U.S. Senate after addressing our Leadership Conference for more than an hour Sunday, Sept. 23. Ninety-one percent of NUHW elected stewards at the conference voted to endorse de León over Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who chose not to participate in the conference. In answering questions from our […]
September 25th, 2018
NUHW unveils November 2018 candidate endorsements
With our endorsement meetings completed, it’s time to help the candidates who best reflect our values win elected office. In Southern California, we’ll be canvassing for the following candidates: Gil Cisneros, who is running for an open congressional seat that spans Orange, San Bernardino and LA counties; Katie Porter, who is running to unseat Steve […]
September 24th, 2018
News of the Month — September
Just two days after more than 100 of our members and nurses represented by CNA declared a staffing crisis at Providence St. Joseph Health’s Humboldt County hospitals, management laid off more than two dozen workers, multiple news outlets report. This week, workers stated their concerns to the Eureka City Council. A state audit into nursing […]
September 24th, 2018
News of the Week — At NUHW conference, immigration judge warns of plan to fast-track cases
Each week we share articles on subjects that are important to NUHW and its members. Here are several must-read stories over the past seven days: Appearing at the NUHW Leadership Conference, Immigration Judge Ashley Tabaddor’s warned that Justice Department productivity quotas would compromise the due process afforded to the people who appear before immigration courts. […]
September 24th, 2018
Hawaii Kaiser clinicians vote to join NUHW
Andrea Kumura knew there was a union that could help her and her fellow Kaiser mental health clinicians in Hawaii. While working in California more than a decade ago, she befriended several colleagues who landed jobs at Kaiser and joined NUHW. Back in Hawaii, she and new co-workers had talked about doing the same to […]