January 31st, 2018
Sodexo Fountain Valley strike generates advance media coverage
The February 1 strike by NUHW-represented Sodexo workers at Tenet Healthcare’s Fountain Valley Regional Hospital generated advance coverage in all three newspapers that serve Orange County. OC Weekly kicked things off on January 23. The Orange County Register published an op-ed (below) on Januray 25. And the Daily Pilot, a Los Angeles Times-owned paper, published […]
January 30th, 2018
News of the week: Jan. 24 – 31
Each week we share articles on subjects that are important to NUHW and its members. Here are several must-read stories over the past week: Our Feb. 1 Sodexo worker strike in Southern California has received attention from Orange County’s top publications. The Orange County Register ran an op-ed supporting the cause of striking workers and OC Weekly […]
January 30th, 2018
NUHW endorses Mark Leno for San Francisco mayor; Jane Kim receives second-choice endorsement
The National Union of Healthcare Workers has endorsed former State Sen. Mark Leno as its first choice for Mayor of San Francisco. Leno, who also served on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors and in the State Assembly, was California’s first openly gay State Senator. In the Senate, he authored the landmark bill that will […]
January 30th, 2018
NUHW Pulse – January 2018
Welcome to the January 2018 edition of NUHW Pulse, our union’s e-newsletter! An extraordinary organizing year for NUHW Our membership surged to more than 14,000 in 2017 and we cemented NUHW as the leading union for mental health clinicians. Victories included organizing professionals at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland and Dignity Health’s Dominican Hospital of Santa Cruz. Read more. […]
January 25th, 2018
News of the Week: Jan. 18-25
Each week we share articles on subjects that are important to NUHW and its members. Here are several must-read stories over the past week: OC Weekly wrote about our upcoming strike at Fountain Valley Regional Hospital. The striking workers are employed by Sodexo, multi-billion dollar outsourcing firm that pays workers several of them collect bottles […]