February 9th, 2016
900 caregivers strike University of Southern California’s Keck Hospital
NUHW-represented healthcare workers protest short staffing that undermines quality of patient care and low wages and poor benefits that force workers to rely on public assistance Keck nurses represented by California Nurses Association to hold informational picket in support LOS ANGELES — More than 900 healthcare workers at the University of Southern California’s Keck Hospital […]
February 4th, 2016
Video: Poverty wages at Keck Hospital of USC
Workers at the University of Southern California’s Keck Hospital are fighting for better patient care and fair wages and benefits for caregivers. Join the fight: Sign the petition and share the video above on Facebook and YouTube. Despite its wealth, USC is cutting Keck Hospital staffing levels, putting patients at risk, and paying many of its […]
February 1st, 2016
900 caregivers to strike University of Southern California’s Keck Hospital Feb. 10
NUHW-represented healthcare workers protest short staffing that undermines quality of patient care and low wages and poor benefits that force workers to rely on public assistance 1,200 USC nurses represented by CNA will picket in support LOS ANGELES — More than 900 healthcare workers at the University of Southern California’s Keck Hospital gave their employer […]
January 20th, 2016
100 more workers at Keck Hospital of USC authorize strike
Nearly 900 Keck–USC workers protest poverty wages that qualify many for public assistance LOS ANGELES — In an overwhelming rejection of a contract providing poverty-level wages, inadequate sick leave, and budget-busting health insurance costs, dietary and food-service workers at Keck Hospital of USC voted 92 percent in favor of a strike if management fails to […]
January 8th, 2016
Corizon under fire for mass layoffs at Alameda County’s jails
Corizon, the notorious for-profit corporation that provides healthcare services to inmates at Alameda County’s jails, is under fire abruptly laying off 49 licensed vocational nurses — with no one to replace them. According to the LVNs and RNs still working, the mass layoffs have led to chaos in the two facilities, Dublin’s Santa Rita Jail and […]