March 10th, 2017
NUHW now a Sanctuary Union
After holding membership meetings throughout California and surveying our membership online, our union’s Executive Board adopted a resolution declaring NUHW a Sanctuary Union. The text of our resolution is below. Whereas in the wake of the recent Presidential election, many people live in fear of President-elect Donald Trump’s deportation threats; Whereas the President-elect has proposed (https://www.donaldjtrump.com/policies/immigration) […]
March 8th, 2017
Nursing home bill would help vulnerable seniors
This op-ed originally appeared in the Eureka Times-Standard. After 52 years of marriage, Ellie and John Catudal had no reason to think they could ever be separated. Then Shlomo Rechnitz, the owner of Eureka Rehabilitation and Wellness Center, where the Catudals shared a room, announced he was shuttering the facility and two others nearby. Suddenly, […]
March 6th, 2017
March 2017 – Victories and updates from around the union
Read more below for the latest developments in the union, including grievance victories, settlements, and bargaining updates. Members at Sutter–California Pacific Medical Center won a path to staffing relief moments before they were scheduled to testify at a hearing about Sutter’s refusal to honor our contract. After dragging its feet on the staffing issue for […]
March 6th, 2017
Executive Board declares NUHW a sanctuary union
After holding membership meetings throughout California and surveying our membership online, our union’s Executive Board adopted a resolution declaring NUHW a Sanctuary Union. Author Cal Winslow interviewed NUHW President Sal Rosselli about the resolution for this article, which was originally published in CounterPunch. Thirteen thousand members of the California-based National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) have […]
February 16th, 2017
Shlomo Rechnitz: “Misplaced Priorities at 40,000 feet”
The National Union of Healthcare Workers published a report Wednesday detailing how the CEO of California’s largest nursing home company, Brius Healthcare, spent an estimated $8 million on a luxury jet even as his company pays poverty-level wages to caregivers and racks up hundreds of patient-care violations. The four-page paper, “Misplaced Priorities at 40,000 Feet,” […]