November 22nd, 2023
It’s time for California to enforce its landmark parity law
By Meiram Bendat At last month’s California Senate Select Committee for Mental Health and Addiction hearing on enforcement of SB 855, the state’s landmark mental health parity law that I drafted with staunch support from NUHW, the California Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) found itself in the “hot seat.” Just days earlier, the state […]
November 21st, 2023
Member profile: Humberto Retana
Humberto Retana is a marriage and family therapist who got involved with his union to support his coworkers and “stay close to the action.”
November 21st, 2023
More hospice workers vote to join NUHW
This page is also available in: Español For the past few years, workers at Hospice East Bay have had to contend with ever increasing caseloads, impacting the quality of care they can provide to their homebound clients. And the suggestions they offered management to address the problems went unheeded. “People were feeling really […]
November 21st, 2023
News of the Month — November 2023
NUHW members Karen Eshelman and Claire Eustace from Hospice East Bay and Jessica Williams from Providence Hospice Sonoma County are quoted in a Los Angeles Times column about the growing unionization efforts at hospices. NUHW President Sal Rosselli said the corporatization of what had been primarily a faith-based, community-oriented, charitable industry has led to “an […]
November 20th, 2023
NUHW continues growth at Keck-USC Health System
This page is also available in: Español Workers at the USC Spine Center, an ambulatory clinic that treats a wide range of back and neck conditions, are the latest workers from the Keck-USC Medical Health System to vote to join NUHW. The 18-worker unit consists of licensed vocational nurses, medical assistants, support coordinators, […]