February 15th, 2017
San Francisco Supervisor John Avalos: Why I joined the National Union of Healthcare Workers
This op-ed ran in the Feb. 15 edition of the San Francisco Examiner. During my eight years on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, I worked every day to make The City a better place for its poorest and most vulnerable residents. But whatever fight was raging inside City Hall, I never lost sight of […]
February 7th, 2017
NUHW Pulse – February 2017: the latest news from NUHW
Welcome to the February 2017 edition of NUHW Pulse, our union’s e-newsletter! NUHW keeps growing with big win in Oakland 250 UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland professionals, more than half of whom are mental health clinicians — psychologists, therapists, and social workers — voted overwhelmingly to join NUHW. Read more Victories and updates from around the […]
February 2nd, 2017
February 2017 – Victories and updates from around the union
Read more below for the latest developments in the union, including grievance victories and settlements, bargaining updates, a new career ladders for surgical techs, and elections of new stewards and bargaining committee members. Radiology workers from Marin General Hospital voted 32-0 in favor of merging with NUHW in a December 19 election. Current officers will […]
February 2nd, 2017
Providence Tarzana workers picket against layoffs of SEIU-represented housekeepers
More than 75 Providence Tarzana Medical Center workers picketed the hospital January 16 demanding that management bring back more than two dozen SEIU-represented housekeepers with a combined 245 years of service. For years, the hospital had contracted out housekeeping work to outsourcing firms that paid poverty wages. Providence Tarzana finally brought these jobs in-house, but […]
February 2nd, 2017
NUHW members gather for statewide meetings
With a steady stream of executive orders signed in his tumultuous first week on the job, President Donald Trump has upended the lives of millions of immigrants and their familIes and cast a pall of uncertainty over our nation’s healthcare system. The new government taking shape in Washington D.C. will have major implications for us […]