July 13th, 2023
Healthcare Workers to Picket West Anaheim Medical Center Demanding End to Poverty Wages
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Last year, nearly 200 nursing assistants, EMTs, housekeepers, food service workers and pharmacy and lab technicians at West Anaheim Medical Center joined the National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) to fight for better wages and safer staffing. Now, they’re preparing to picket the hospital demanding fair treatment and an end to poverty […]
June 27th, 2023
NUHW passes Pride Month resolution against growing extremist violence
This page is also available in: Español Amid growing extremist violence targeting the LGBTQ+ community, NUHW’s Executive Board voted unanimously to adopt a resolution rejecting LGBTQ+ hate. “It’s our collective responsibility to protect our communities from extremists who justify violence under the guise of morality,” said Ilana Marcucchi-Morris, an NUHW e-board member and […]
June 26th, 2023
Workers ready to picket West Anaheim Medical Center
This page is also available in: Español As hospital management refuses to pay market rate wages that reflect high inflation rates, nearly 200 healthcare workers at West Anaheim Medical Center are ready to escalate their contract fight. In a nearly unanimous vote this month, the workers, who include nursing assistants, housekeepers, food service […]
June 26th, 2023
NUHW-backed reform bill clears key Assembly committee
This page is also available in: Español One month after it sailed through the State Senate, SB 770, a bill that would set the stage for groundbreaking reform of California’s healthcare financing and delivery system, passed another key test, advancing out of the State Assembly’s Health Committee on June 27. The committee voted […]
June 26th, 2023
Workers at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland ratify new contracts, averting second strike
This page is also available in: Español More than 1,300 NUHW members at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland voted overwhelmingly this month to ratify new three-year contracts, ending a year-long dispute and averting a potential three-day strike. The contracts include provisions to protect quality pediatric care in the East Bay as well as […]