July 17th, 2018
News of the Week: California Sanctuary laws upheld
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 major U.S. defense contractor quietly detained dozens of immigrant children inside a vacant Phoenix office building with dark windows, no kitchen and only a few toilets during three weeks of […]
July 11th, 2018
West Anaheim caregivers demand fair wages
One year after forming a union, nurses and technicians at West Anaheim Medical Center staged an informational picket July 11 to demand better pay. While West Anaheim is one of Prime Healthcare Services’ most profitable hospitals, caregivers there make less than their cohorts at nearby Prime hospitals. Many West Anaheim caregivers have worked at the […]
June 29th, 2018
Caregivers rally to stop layoffs at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital
More than 200 people picketed outside Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Friday calling on the hospital to rescind layoffs to dozens of caregivers who worked around the clock in the aftermath of last year’s fires. Chanting “What do we want? No layoffs!,” workers and supporters questioned why the hospital would be laying off frontline caregivers, including […]
June 29th, 2018
NUHW partakes in Mental Health Matters Day
NUHW once again co-sponsored Mental Health Matters Day in Sacramento. The one-day event, organized by Mental Health America of California, brings together advocates for improving mental health care and ending stigma. This year’s keynote speaker was Darryl “DMC” McDaniels from the seminal hip hop group Run-DMC. Several of our Kaiser mental health clinicians ran our […]
June 29th, 2018
Children’s hospital workers unanimously ratify contract that expands pensions
Professional workers at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland displayed tremendous unity in winning a great first contract that includes sizable raises and full defined-benefit pensions for everyone in the 250-member unit. When these workers organized last year, about half of them did not have pensions because the hospital had discontinued the pension plan for everyone […]