June 9th, 2015
Lakewood workers ratify new contracts
EVS and Food Service workers at Lakewood Medical Center in Los Angeles County ratified new three-year contracts last week with Sodexo, a Lakewood contractor. Both bargaining units won wage increases and retroactive pay back to the expiration date of their previous contracts, improvements in attendance policies, more time to file grievances, more shop stewards, more […]
May 18th, 2015
Kaiser mental health clinicians protest retaliation against whistleblowers
Kaiser mental health clinicians picketed and leafleted at Kaiser facilities throughout California May 11–15 to protest the HMO’s retaliation against whistleblowers who have brought public attention to Kaiser’s pattern of unlawful delays in providing mental health care. Clinicians demanded that Kaiser reinstate wrongfully terminated Fremont psychologist Dr. Alex Wang, who had been targeted by Kaiser […]
May 18th, 2015
NUHW, CNA picket at St. Joseph Hospital, Eureka
NUHW and CNA workers from St. Joseph Hospital in Eureka and Redwood Memorial Hospital in Fortuna picketed outside the Eureka facility May 6 to address low wages and long shifts faced by hospital staff. Susan Johnson, a nurse at St. Joseph Hospital for 30 years, told the Eureka Times-Standard she was picketing to raise public […]
May 4th, 2015
Kindred Brea workers hold rally to call for fair contract
NUHW members at Kindred Brea held a successful rally Wednesday, April 27, to call on Kindred to negotiate a fair contract. “How far we have come since February 14, 2014, when we peacefully assembled to give our letter of intent to unionize and were met with threats, police, and uncalled-for hostility. From that point on, […]
April 30th, 2015
Sodexo–Los Alamitos meets workers’ demands
Sodexo-Los Alamitos Medical Center agreed to meet NUHW members’ demands just minutes before the workers were set to launch an informational picket at the facility April 29. For months workers have expressed a number of concerns that have gone unanswered by management: HR has shorted workers on their paychecks and dragged their heels in correcting the […]