January 19th, 2017
Providence Tarzana picketers demand housekeepers get their jobs back
More than 75 Providence Tarzana workers picketed the hospital Monday demanding that management bring back more than two dozen 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 is finally bringing these jobs in-house, but it is refusing […]
January 17th, 2017
Carrie Fisher battled stormtroopers and stigma
This op-ed by NUHW members Elizabeth White, Natalia Salinas and Clement Papazian originally ran in the Mercury News and the East Bay Times. As therapists, we were astonished to see so many people honor Carrie Fisher’s legacy by sharing their own struggles with mental illness. Their coming out messages on Facebook and Twitter may one […]
January 17th, 2017
Petaluma Valley Hospital workers demand next operator preserve quality care and jobs
Workers at Petaluma Valley Hospital are urging the hospital’s elected board of directors to be transparent in searching for a new company to operate the hospital — and guarantee that the next operator safeguard quality care, preserve jobs and honor collective bargaining rights. Tuesday marked the last scheduled meeting of the Petaluma Valley Hospital District […]
January 12th, 2017
Tarzana workers picket against mass layoff
TARZANA, CALIF. — Workers are picketing Providence Tarzana Medical Center on Monday to protest the hospital’s effective termination of roughly half its housekeeping staff, many of whom had been vocal union supporters. The hospital for years had contracted out housekeeping work to outsourcing firms that paid poverty wages. Providence Tarzana is finally bringing these jobs in-house, but […]
December 21st, 2016
Seton and Salinas: How member unity won strong contracts in 2016
NUHW members at Seton Medical Center and Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital waged two very different campaigns this year with two very different employers, but the results were the same: strong contracts that protect benefits, boost wages, and safeguard standards of patient care. In both campaigns, the deciding factor was member unity. At Seton Medical Center […]