November 16th, 2016
Seton workers win fight against hedge fund, secure strong three-year contract
NUHW members at Seton Medical Center and Seton Coastside voted by ninety-eight percent on November 9 and November 10 to ratify a three-year contract that provides strong worker protections, economic improvements, and good benefits. The agreement guarantees caregivers three percent wage increases each year during the life of the contract, including market adjustments for job […]
November 4th, 2016
Town hall: Seton caregivers voice concerns over hedge fund’s takeover
NUHW co-sponsored an October 15 town hall meeting during which the community discussed the state of health care at Seton Medical Center (Daly City) and Seton Coastside (Moss Beach) since the charity hospitals were taken over last year by a New York hedge fund, BlueMountain Capital Management. With San Francisco Supervisor Jane Kim and Daly […]
October 11th, 2016
An extraordinary year for NUHW
It’s been an extraordinary year for NUHW. Between October 2015 and October 2016, we settled twenty-three contracts — including nine first-time contracts — covering 8,600 members. We won 11 elections and added 1,500 new members to our union — a 17 percent increase. We won the long battle with Kaiser. And we show employers throughout California that we’re a […]
October 11th, 2016
NUHW, local pols hold town hall on the state of care at Seton Medical Center
Public invited to share concerns and ideas with San Francisco Supervisor Jane Kim, Assemblymember Phil Ting, and Daly City Vice Mayor David Canepa SAN FRANCISCO/DALY CITY — The Daly City and southwestern San Francisco communities will come together for a town hall meeting Saturday, October 15, to discuss the state of health care at […]
October 4th, 2016
550 healthcare workers file for elections to join NUHW
Five hundred and fifty healthcare workers at three California hospitals filed this week for elections to join NUHW. Four hundred workers at St. Joseph Health System’s Queen of the Valley Hospital in Napa have petitioned the National Labor Relations Board for the opportunity to join their NUHW-represented coworkers at Sonoma County’s Santa Rosa Memorial and Petaluma […]