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June 9th, 2016

Strike averted at Santa Rosa Memorial, Petaluma Valley hospitals

Caregivers win significant patient care improvements in tentative agreement reached between NUHW members, St. Joseph Health System SONOMA COUNTY — A costly one-day strike set for Thursday, June 9, was averted Wednesday when Santa Rosa Memorial and Petaluma Valley caregivers reached a tentative agreement with St. Joseph Health System on several issues that would significantly […]

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May 27th, 2016

800 St. Joseph Sonoma County healthcare workers will strike Thursday, June 9

Caregivers at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital and Petaluma Valley Hospital protest understaffing, low wages, drastic cuts to benefits St. Joseph has enjoyed unprecedented profits while racking up deficiencies in patient care SONOMA COUNTY — Caregivers at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital and Petaluma Valley Hospital will hold a one-day strike Thursday, June 9, to protest St. […]

May 26th, 2016

Video: Kaiser mental health clinicians honored with United in Courage Award

Courage Campaign, an online advocacy organization with more than 1.3 million members, honored NUHW-represented Kaiser mental health clinicians with the 2016 United in Courage Award May 10, 2016, at the Citizen Hotel in Sacramento. Former state Senate President Darrell Steinberg, a prominent advocate for mental health care, presented the award, which was accepted on behalf […]

May 26th, 2016

600 Fountain Valley Regional Medical Center caregivers join NUHW

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, CALIF. — Nearly six hundred healthcare workers at Fountain Valley Regional Medical Center, the largest for-profit hospital in Orange County, voted 77% to join the National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) in a union election conducted by the National Labor Relations Board on May 24 and May 25.  With this week’s election, more […]

May 25th, 2016

Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital caregivers on strike

Nearly seven hundred Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital caregivers held a one-day strike Tuesday, May 17, to protest understaffing, subcontracting of community jobs, denial of cost-of-living increases, rising cost of healthcare coverage, and mandatory overtime. The SVMH caregivers were supported on the picket line by the hospital’s CNA-represented RNs, the Teamsters, the Monterey Bay Central Labor […]