June 15th, 2017
NUHW Celebrates Nursing Assistants Week
To commemorate Nursing Assistants Week, which begins today, we talked to two of our members (photographed above) — Victor Martinez and Ebony Guifarro — about their work and the challenges they face caring for patients. Here are their stories: Fountain Valley CNA is all about making a difference Victor Martinez is a tough guy with […]
June 14th, 2017
NUHW organizes fourth Kindred hospital
SAN DIEGO — Caregivers at Kindred Hospital San Diego voted overwhelmingly Tuesday, June 13 to join the National Union of Healthcare Workers. The 87-2 vote establishes the first union for most employees at the 70-bed facility that has been beset by chronic understaffing and high turnover as workers leave for hospitals that pay market wages. “We’ve […]
June 13th, 2017
NUHW in the News: Labor Radio covers Novato victory
Labor Radio produced a segment Monday, June 12, on NUHW beating California’s largest nursing home operator in court and winning the right for five caregivers to get their jobs back with backpay. The company, Brius, Inc., had fired the workers two days before a scheduled vote to unionize. Four of the illegally fired workers were […]
June 13th, 2017
NUHW in the News: Queen of the Valley pilloried for violating rights of workers
News outlets picked up on the National Labor Relations Board complaint accusing Queen of the Valley Medical Center of coercing and discriminating against workers. KPIX5, a CBS affiliate in the Bay Area, ran this report about the complaint: And the Napa Valley Register published this story, noting that the NLRB took the allegations of worker […]
June 5th, 2017
NLRB tells Queen of the Valley to stop breaking the law
The National Labor Relations Board has filed a complaint against Queen of the Valley Medical Center, accusing it of violating federal labor law by “coercing” and “discriminating against” pro-union workers and refusing to bargain in good faith. The complaint issued Wednesday by NLRB Regional Director Jill Coffman came in response to several unfair labor practice […]