December 4th, 2014
Workers at two St. Joseph hospitals vote to join NUHW
One hundred and twenty-four service and tech workers at St. Joseph’s Petaluma Valley Hospital voted by a 6-1 margin to join NUHW in a December 3 election. “I’m elated,” said PVH radiology tech Patricia Barnett. “We finally have a collective voice at the hospital. We’ll be able to sit at the table as an equal […]
December 2nd, 2014
Bay Area community groups support CPMC workers
Bay Area community groups demonstrated their support for California Pacific Medical Center workers November 19 by attending a bargaining session between the workers and their employer, Sutter Health. See the video below. Sutter is proposing huge cost increases for CPMC workers’ medical coverage that would make it difficult for many workers to continue to live […]
December 1st, 2014
L.A. Times: Kaiser criticized over mental healthcare staffing
Click here to read the Los Angeles Times’ November 27 story on the Kaiser mental health care crisis. “This is about greed,” said attorney Kathryn Trepinski. “They’re dodging their obligation with their sick members, just when they need it most.”
November 21st, 2014
Kaiser clinicians threaten to strike
Click here to read Katherine Proctor’s Courthouse News coverage of NUHW’s November 20, 2014, press conference.
November 21st, 2014
Kaiser mental health clinicians authorize strike
Click here to listen to the California Report’s preview of NUHW’s November 20, 2014, press conference. The California Report is produced by KQED of San Francisco and is broadcast on sixty-five public radio stations throughout the state. Click here to read KQED’s written report, published at KQED.org.