June 21st, 2017
West Anaheim Medical Center caregivers vote to join NUHW
ANAHEIM — Caregivers at West Anaheim Medical Center voted decisively Tuesday, June 20 to join the National Union of Healthcare Workers. Nearly 60 percent of workers elected to form a union despite a fierce anti-union campaign waged by the hospital. Management fired several core union supporters prior to the election, but workers refused to be intimidated. […]
June 20th, 2017
Good pay is the best way to honor nursing assistants
This story was originally published by The Huffington Post. As part of our commemoration of Nursing Assistants Week, we profiled two of our nursing assistants and shared their stories with other members of our union. Both caregivers talked about making a difference in their patients’ lives. But neither wanted to stay in their jobs much […]
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 […]