August 28th, 2018
NUHW Pulse – August 2018
Welcome to the August 2018 edition of our union’s e-newsletter. In recent weeks, NUHW members have won three important contract victories and held strikes at two Southern California hospitals. Check out the stories below and be sure to follow us on Facebook, too. More Sodexo workers win raises in excess of 40 percent Sodexo workers at […]
August 27th, 2018
News of the Month — August
Our Sodexo workers were honored with the Dolores Huerta Award Saturday during the Orange County Democratic Party’s 24th Annual Harry Truman Awards Dinner, the Los Angeles Times reports. Assemblyman Richard Bloom accused SEIU-UHW President Dave Regan of shoving him at a Sacramento Restaurant, the Sacramento Bee reports. Bloom reported the incident to the Assembly Rules […]
August 27th, 2018
More Sodexo workers win raises in excess of 40 percent
More than 100 NUHW-represented Sodexo workers won contracts that will boost many of their paychecks by more than 40 percent over the next 16 months. The three-year contracts won by Sodexo workers at Los Alamitos Medical Center and Lakewood Medical Center will increase minimum hourly wages from as little as $11 at both hospitals to […]
August 27th, 2018
NUHW unveils November 2018 candidate endorsements
As we wrap up our endorsement hearings in September, please visit https://nuhw.org/endorsements/ for a full list of every candidate and ballot measure backed by NUHW members and our executive board. The more allies we can help win elective office, the more leverage we’ll have with employers to win good contracts. And, as a democratic union, […]
August 23rd, 2018
News of the Week — Bill to deduct union dues stalls in State Senate
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: A bill that would have given California union members a break on their state income taxes isn’t going to make it this year, the Sacramento Bee reports. Assemblyman Adam Gray, […]