May 8th, 2024
Celebrating May Day in Los Angeles
NUHW members joined thousands of their union siblings for the 2024 May Day March and Rally organized by The Los Angeles May Day Coalition. More than 2,000 workers filled the streets of Hollywood, marching and chanting before the start of a rally that included remarks from NUHW member Elnora Oseguera, a patient care technician at […]
April 30th, 2024
April 2024 PULSE
In April, NUHW members held a strike at MarinHealth Medical Center, fought back against Sutter Health’s attempt to cut healthcare benefits with a strike in Sacramento and a picket in Santa Cruz, launched a unified regional contract bargaining campaign against Providence, won an organizing drive at the University of Southern California, and celebrated the advancement […]
April 28th, 2024
NUHW members honored for 2022 Kaiser strike
This page is also available in: Español The San Francisco Labor Council honored NUHW as its “Affiliate Champion” during an April 25 ceremony in recognition of the 10-week strike that mental health therapists waged against Kaiser Permanente. More than a dozen therapists were on hand to receive the award. Elected officials, including San […]
April 25th, 2024
Member Q&A: Laureen Borden, RN
Laureen Borden is Registered Nurse and NUHW leader at Sutter Care at Home: San Mateo Hospice. How long have you been a nurse? I am originally from the Philippines and graduated from nursing school there in 2002. For six years, I worked in a variety of settings including the operating room before moving to the […]
April 25th, 2024
Objection to Assignment forms: A key tool for keeping patients and nurses safe
What is an OTA? An Objection to Assignment (OTA) is a tool to record your objection to an assignment, which is unsafe for you, your coworkers, and/or your patients. On the OTA you document the specific reasons why your assignment poses a risk to staff and/or patients and that you have notified management of these […]