February 15th, 2017
San Francisco Supervisor John Avalos: Why I joined the National Union of Healthcare Workers
This op-ed ran in the Feb. 15 edition of the San Francisco Examiner. During my eight years on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, I worked every day to make The City a better place for its poorest and most vulnerable residents. But whatever fight was raging inside City Hall, I never lost sight of […]
February 2nd, 2017
February 2017 – Victories and updates from around the union
Read more below for the latest developments in the union, including grievance victories and settlements, bargaining updates, a new career ladders for surgical techs, and elections of new stewards and bargaining committee members. Radiology workers from Marin General Hospital voted 32-0 in favor of merging with NUHW in a December 19 election. Current officers will […]
February 2nd, 2017
Providence Tarzana workers picket against layoffs of SEIU-represented housekeepers
More than 75 Providence Tarzana Medical Center workers picketed the hospital January 16 demanding that management bring back more than two dozen SEIU-represented housekeepers with a combined 245 years of service. For years, the hospital had contracted out housekeeping work to outsourcing firms that paid poverty wages. Providence Tarzana finally brought these jobs in-house, but […]
February 2nd, 2017
NUHW members gather for statewide meetings
With a steady stream of executive orders signed in his tumultuous first week on the job, President Donald Trump has upended the lives of millions of immigrants and their familIes and cast a pall of uncertainty over our nation’s healthcare system. The new government taking shape in Washington D.C. will have major implications for us […]
January 21st, 2017
NUHW members flock to women’s marches
Dozens of red-clad National Union of Healthcare Workers members joined with millions of Americans January 21 to send a message to Donald Trump — We reject the misogyny he displayed on the campaign trail and we’ll fight to save the Affordable Care Act, Medicare and Medicaid. The NUHW contingent numbered well over a dozen in Oakland, where an […]