January 17th, 2017
Petaluma Valley Hospital workers demand next operator preserve quality care and jobs
Workers at Petaluma Valley Hospital are urging the hospital’s elected board of directors to be transparent in searching for a new company to operate the hospital — and guarantee that the next operator safeguard quality care, preserve jobs and honor collective bargaining rights. Tuesday marked the last scheduled meeting of the Petaluma Valley Hospital District […]
January 12th, 2017
Tarzana workers picket against mass layoff
TARZANA, CALIF. — Workers are picketing Providence Tarzana Medical Center on Monday to protest the hospital’s effective termination of roughly half its housekeeping staff, many of whom had been vocal union supporters. The hospital for years had contracted out housekeeping work to outsourcing firms that paid poverty wages. Providence Tarzana is finally bringing these jobs in-house, but […]
December 21st, 2016
NUHW Pulse – December 2016: the latest news from NUHW
Welcome to the December 2016 year-end edition of NUHW Pulse, our union’s e-newsletter! An extraordinary year for NUHW This short video highlights our organizing and contract victories from October 2015 to October 2016. Since then, we’ve organized more workers and settled more contracts. For more details, see the stories below. Read more Nearly 2,000 workers […]
December 21st, 2016
Seton and Salinas: How member unity won strong contracts in 2016
NUHW members at Seton Medical Center and Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital waged two very different campaigns this year with two very different employers, but the results were the same: strong contracts that protect benefits, boost wages, and safeguard standards of patient care. In both campaigns, the deciding factor was member unity. At Seton Medical Center […]
December 21st, 2016
2016 year in review — contract victories and bargaining updates
NUHW had a hugely successful bargaining year, winning 16 contracts covering 8,000 members. We are currently bargaining seven more contracts. Ratified Contracts Seton Medical Center and Seton Coastside: In November, Seton members settled a three-year contract that guarantees 3 percent wage increases each year, including market adjustments for certain classifications. The agreement includes none of […]