April 25th, 2017
Lost-timers strengthen HCP and KPC chapters
Two stewards and vice presidents of their respective chapters, Turusew Gedebu-Wilson and Elizabeth White, used “lost time” to help strengthen the Healthcare Professionals (HCP) and the Psych-Social (KPC) chapters. Lost time is when the employer releases an employee for a short period of time to work on behalf of the union. Over three months, Turusew […]
April 25th, 2017
NUHW leaders gather to support Medicare For All
NUHW leaders from the Kaiser Integrated Behavioral Health Services and Optical chapters joined hundreds of their neighbors at a community meeting at the Maidu Community Center in Roseville on March 26 to discuss SB 562, the Healthy California Act. Another NUHW delegation rallied in Sacramento on April 26 in support of the bill. NUHW is among […]
April 24th, 2017
Napa’s Queen of the Valley Hospital fights NUHW election result in federal court
Providence St. Joseph-owned Queen of the Valley Hospital in Napa, Calif., is wasting money to prevent its caregivers from unionizing rather than investing in patient care and lowering its infection rate — which has already cost the hospital $2 million in Medicare funding. It’s time for Queen administrators to respect our caregivers and fix our […]
April 24th, 2017
NUHW members to picket Orange County’s largest for-profit hospital April 25
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Nearly 600 healthcare workers to hold a one-day informational picket Tuesday outside Fountain Valley Regional Hospital. FOUNTAIN VALLEY — Nearly one year after unionizing, caregivers represented by the National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) will picket Orange County’s largest for-profit hospital Tuesday demanding a contract that provides competitive wages and ends the […]
April 21st, 2017
Psychiatric RNs win staffing grievance
Appropriate staffing and obtaining coverage for absences have been longstanding issues for NUHW Psychiatric nurses working in Kaiser’s San Diego service area. Citing budget constraints, Kaiser management there has routinely failed to backfill our RNs when they have to be away from work, leaving the remaining nurses unfairly overburdened on a regular basis. In response […]