June 30th, 2017
NUHW in the News: Brius blames NUHW for state audit
The state’s largest nursing home operator is blaming NUHW in part for an upcoming state audit of its dealings with firms controlled by its CEO Shlomo Rechnitz. California’s Joint Legislative Audit Committee on Wednesday approved the audit Wednesday at the request of State Sen. Mike McGuire and Assemblymember Jim Wood. Both legislators represent Humboldt County, […]
June 26th, 2017
Queen of the Valley workers send delegation to CEO
NUHW members at Providence St. Joseph’s Queen of the Valley Medical Center in Napa sent a delegation to the home of CEO Larry Coomes on June 10. The house call was precipitated by a complaint filed against the hospital by the National Labor Relations Board. The complaint, which was covered by the Napa Valley Register and […]
June 23rd, 2017
Sodexo workers demand equal pay
Dozens of workers, represented by the National Union of Healthcare Workers, demonstrated outside Fountain Valley Regional Hospital and the University of Southern California’s Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center this week to protest poverty wages paid by Sodexo, the hospitals’ subcontractor. Both Fountain Valley and USC Norris subcontract key divisions to Sodexo, a Fortune Global 500 firm that […]
June 22nd, 2017
July 2017 – Around the union
Read below for the latest developments in the union, including grievance victories, visits to legislators, settlements, and bargaining updates. Workers at the University of Southern California’s Center for Advanced Lung Disease and Cystic Fibrosis voted unanimously June 14 to join NUHW. Nearly 100 workers at various USC clinics have voted to join NUHW in the […]
June 22nd, 2017
NUHW members win nearly three-quarter million in back bonus pay
NUHW members have won nearly $700,000 in back bonus pay in recent months in settlements with two employers. In the first settlement, members in our two Southern California Kaiser chapters won $340,000 — $300,000 for the Psych-Social Chapter and $40,000 for the Healthcare Professionals chapter. After receiving the incentive award payout in March, stewards in […]