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 […]
September 22nd, 2018
NUHW research helps lead to nursing home transparency law
California Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation this month requiring nursing home owners to provide more information about “insider” companies that may siphon scarce resources away from residents through nursing homes’ inflated payments for supplies, rents, and services. NUHW first raised concerns over the potential for nursing home operators to funnel profits into other companies in […]
September 22nd, 2018
Humboldt County caregivers declare staffing crisis, fight layoffs
Providence St. Joseph workers continued to shine a light on the hospital chain’s profit-driven mentality that has put patients at risk. Less than one month after NUHW members staged their first strike of Providence Tarzana Medical Center in Los Angeles County, more than 100 caregivers rallied Sept. 10 demanding better staffing at St. Joseph Hospital, […]
September 22nd, 2018
Workers picket Kindred Brea hospital demanding fair contract
Dozens of NUHW members picketed outside Kindred Brea Hospital September 13 to inform the public about chronic understaffing at the facility. During the picket, workers voted unanimously to authorize a one-day strike. No strike date has been set. A recent employee survey found that 80 percent of caregivers reported that their units are understaffed and […]