March 3rd, 2016
Video: Short staffing puts St. Joseph patients at risk
NUHW members at St. Joseph Health System’s Humboldt County hospitals expose the short-sighted, profit-motivated staffing cuts that undermine the quality of patient care at St. Joseph Hospital Eureka and Redwood Memorial Hospital in Fortuna.
March 3rd, 2016
NUHW members raise $1000 for Darrell Steinberg campaign for mayor of Sacramento
NUHW members raised more than $1000 for Darrell Steinberg’s campaign for mayor of Sacramento at an event held February 20. Steinberg, the former President pro Tem of the state Senate, is one of California’s strongest public advocates for better mental healthcare and has a long history of championing policy issues affecting behavioral health at the […]
March 1st, 2016
Salinas caregivers hold vigil to protest staffing levels, low wages, benefit cuts
On Thursday, February 25, NUHW members at Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital, with the support of their RN coworkers, Assemblyman Luis Alejo, Monterey County Supervisor Fernando Armenta, held a vigil to protest the hospital’s inadequate staffing levels and policies that undermine the quality of patient care; hospital officials’ insistence on subcontracting jobs currently held by workers […]
February 16th, 2016
St. Joseph healthcare workers testify to declining conditions at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, Petaluma Valley Hospital
Caregivers will speak about understaffing, increased turnover, noncompetitive wages, and threatened cuts to health and retirement benefits at Feb. 20 North Bay Jobs with Justice Workers’ Rights Board hearing SANTA ROSA — Healthcare workers employed by St. Joseph Health System at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital and Petaluma Valley Hospital will testify about declining working conditions […]
February 10th, 2016
900 caregivers on strike at Keck Hospital of USC
Just hours before 900 NUHW members at the University of Southern California’s Keck Hospital went on strike, they got a huge boost: author and activist Naomi Klein, a guest speaker at USC’s Bovard Auditorium on February 9, took a few minutes at the lectern to voice her support for Keck caregivers fighting for better patient […]