May 8th, 2017
Caregivers picket Brius-owned nursing home
More than 30 caregivers and their allies picketed the San Rafael Healthcare and Wellness Center in San Rafael Sunday to alert residents that the biggest nursing home operator in Marin County — and California — is short-changing patients and workers. State and federal regulators have recently cited the facility for stocking expired food including “thickened […]
May 8th, 2017
NUHW participates in Sanctuary Movement panel
Last month Porfirio Quintana, an environmental services aide and NUHW executive board member, penned an article for Labor Notes about NUHW becoming a Sanctuary Union. On Saturday, he and John Avalos, a former San Francisco Supervisor and current NUHW education coordinator, participated in the Freedom Socialist Party’s panel discussion on the Sanctuary Movement. More than two dozen […]
May 4th, 2017
NUHW condemns Obamacare repeal vote
NUHW denounced the U.S. House of Representatives’ May 4 vote to repeal Obamacare and replace it with a plan that strips four million Californians of their health coverage and boost costs for many more. “The Republican bill is a massive tax break for insurance companies, Big Pharma and the rich at the expense of millions […]
May 4th, 2017
Transforming our union’s relationship with Kaiser
The National Union of Healthcare Workers and Kaiser Permanente are forging a new relationship, working together to achieve our common goals of making Kaiser both the employer and provider of choice. The process started about eight months ago when top Kaiser executives in Northern California made a commitment to work collaboratively with NUHW. NUHW’s […]
May 2nd, 2017
NUHW marches on May Day
Dozens of NUHW folks took to the streets of Oakland Monday for one of the Bay Area’s biggest May Day marches. Thousands of people marched from the Fruitvale BART Station to San Antonio Park to demand a fair economy for all workers and immigrants.