May 15th, 2018
NUHW members agree to contract that will boost wages up to 42 percent by 2020
In another important step toward improving the lives of some of Southern California’s lowest-paid workers, caregivers represented by the National Union of Healthcare Workers overwhelmingly approved a contract that will include raises of up to 42 percent over 18 months. The 117 union workers at Fountain Valley Regional Hospital voted 99 percent for a contract […]
May 10th, 2018
News of the Week: NUHW blasts Sutter over skyrocketing health costs
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 state audit — triggered by NUHW’s research into Brius Healthcare — found that lax state oversight of nursing homes is contributing to continued poor care for patients. Our report […]
May 7th, 2018
Commentary: Attorney general helps patients by suing Sutter Health
This op-ed ran in the May 5, 2018, edition of the San Francisco Examiner: Want to know why San Francisco is the nation’s second-most expensive city to deliver a baby? The answer can be found in a lawsuit California Attorney General Xavier Becerra recently filed against The City’s largest private hospital operator: Sutter Health. The […]
May 3rd, 2018
NUHW report triggers scathing audit of California nursing homes
An audit report that stemmed from NUHW’s research into California’s largest nursing home operator blames lax state oversight for continued “substandard quality of care” in nursing homes across the state. California State Auditor Elaine Howle found that the California Department of Public Health has failed to perform necessary inspections or issue timely citations for substandard […]
May 3rd, 2018
News of the Week: NUHW praised for endorsement transparency
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 CalMatters story about interest groups refusing to publish the results to their candidate questionnaires used to make endorsements credited NUHW for making our questionnaires — and the candidates’ […]