February 15th, 2018
News of the Week: California has too few behavioral health professionals
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 new report, funded by the California Health Care Foundation, forecasts a substantial shortage of qualified and diverse behavioral health professionals in California within 10 years, leaving minority patients and […]
February 7th, 2018
News of the Month: February 2018
Our Feb. 1 Sodexo worker strike outside Fountain Valley Regional Hospital was covered by Southern California’s top publications, including the Los Angeles Times. The Orange County Register ran an op-ed supporting the cause of striking workers and OC Weekly covered the strike after publishing a separate story highlighting the plight of workers seeking their first union contracts. […]
February 7th, 2018
NUHW’s Kaiser fight discussed on labor podcast
NUHW President Sal Rosselli and Clem Papazian, a psychiatric social worker at Kaiser Permanente, appeared on a leading labor podcast this month to discuss our five-year fight to improve access to mental health care at the nation’s largest HMO. Host Jonathan Tasini lauded NUHW’s campaign as “social movement unionism at its best,” during the 25-minute […]
February 7th, 2018
News of the Week: Feb. 1 – 7
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: Our Feb. 1 Sodexo worker strike outside Fountain Valley Regional Hospital was covered by Southern California’s top publications, including the Los Angeles Times. The Orange County Register ran an op-ed supporting the […]
February 2nd, 2018
Fountain Valley Sodexo workers on strike
Scores of striking housekeepers and cafeteria workers along with dozens of allies sent a strong message to Fountain Valley Regional Hospital and Sodexo that they will no longer accept poverty wages, unaffordable health insurance, and short staffing. The February 1 one-day strike outside Orange County’s largest for-profit hospital drew numerous elected officials including Santa Ana […]