August 11th, 2014
NUHW turns out to support Dan Siegel for mayor of Oakland
NUHW staffers hit the streets Saturday, August 2, to campaign for Dan Siegel for mayor of Oakland. The NUHW staffers met up with about twenty other supporters at Snow Park near Lake Merritt, then fanned out to neighborhoods across the city, knocking on doors, talking with Oakland voters, and handing out literature. NUHW staffers also […]
August 8th, 2014
News and views from NUHW: August 2014
NUHW members keep the fight alive for Contra Costa County’s most vulnerable residents NUHW members joined with the California Nurses Association in a July 30 rally and march to save Doctors Medical Center, the safety net hospital in San Pablo that serves the poor and indigent population of western Contra Costa County. NUHW-CNA members are […]
July 31st, 2014
NUHW-CNA members rally to save Doctors Medical Center
[slideshow_deploy id=’5010′] NUHW members joined with the community and members of the California Nurses Association and other unions in a July 30 rally to save Doctors Medical Center. More than two hundred people gathered at DMC in San Pablo Wednesday afternoon and picketed in front of the hospital before marching a quarter mile to West […]
July 25th, 2014
Kaiser mental health care crisis garnering press coverage
Kaiser Permanente’s mental health care crisis is getting good press coverage. Two reporters in particular — Martin Espinoza of the Santa Rosa Press Democrat and Jon Brooks of KQED — have written thoughtful, in-depth stories that cover the crisis from different angles. Brooks has published two stories in recent weeks about Kaiser Permanente’s mental health […]