April 30th, 2015
NUHW leaders celebrate Dolores Huerta’s 85th birthday
NUHW members and staff joined labor leader Dolores Huerta in celebrating her 85th birthday earlier this month. Several hundred labor, community, and political leaders attended the party and dance-a-thon April 11 at the Delancey Street Foundation Ballroom in Los Angeles. Proceeds from the event benefited the Dolores Huerta Foundation, a community benefit organization that organizes […]
April 28th, 2015
Corizon workers ratify three-year contract
NUHW members at Santa Rita Jail and Glenn Dyer Detention Facility in Alameda County recently ratified a three-year agreement with 92% approval after a year of contentious bargaining with Corizon Health Services. Bargaining went down to the wire, with the members authorizing a strike and the bargaining committee delivering a ten-day strike notice before settling on an […]
April 22nd, 2015
Kaiser Optical: The facts about Kaiser’s final offer
Connie Wilson’s most recent letter to Optical workers is absurd. She states that an Optical proposal was made “in error by Kaiser Permanente on February 17” and that the proposal was “flawed.” This is the same proposal that Kaiser has been making over and over again to the Optical bargaining committee since 2012. (See timeline […]
April 21st, 2015
Journalists discuss new workers’ movements at San Francisco public forum
Labor journalists Steve Early and Manny Ness will discuss labor issues at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 29, at 518 Valencia Street in San Francisco. The event, co-sponsored by Labor Notes and PM Press, is part of the “Shaping SF Public Talk” series and will include discussion of new workers’ movements in the United States and […]
April 6th, 2015
Kaiser IBHS vote, April 2015
Kaiser management has requested that we vote on the proposal outlined below. To download and/or print the leaflet version, click here. Voting will take place from April 14 to 23. Click here for the Voting Schedule, which will be updated as voting locations are finalized. Our IBHS Bargaining Committee recommends a NO vote. […]