January 22nd, 2018
Video: Sodexo–Tenet workers have to recycle cans to make ends meet
Full-time Sodexo workers at three Tenet Healthcare hospitals in Orange and Los Angeles counties have to recycle cans to make ends meet. Fountain Valley Regional Medical Center, Los Alamitos Medical Center, and Lakewood Regional Medical Center Lakewood Regional Medical Center subcontract workers to Sodexo, a multinational firm that pays barely above minimum wage. On February 1, Fountain Valley workers […]
January 17th, 2018
News of the Week: Trump Administration freezes mental health treatment database
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: The Trump Administration has halted a program that has been the gold standard at evaluating substance abuse and mental health therapies, according to Scientific American. President Donald Trump plans to nominate […]
January 10th, 2018
NUHW members begin candidate interviews for political endorsements
NUHW has a well-deserved reputation for being an important player in state politics, and over the next few months our members will be interviewing candidates seeking our endorsement. Getting our allies elected to public office is critical to winning good contracts. Politicians hold sway over health care executives because so much of health care spending […]
January 10th, 2018
News of the Week: Two SoCal GOP congressmen announce retirement
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: Two of the seven congressional Republicans from California targeted for defeat this November have decided not to run for re-election, improving the odds that Democrats can pick up both […]
January 10th, 2018
NUHW won major organizing victories in 2017
Photo: Elk Grove Unified clinicians celebrate their organizing victory. NUHW kept growing in 2017. After numerous organizing victories, we surged to more than 14,000 members, while further cementing ourselves as the leading union for mental health clinicians. Our first victory of the year came in January at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland where 250 professionals […]