July 6th, 2015
Humboldt County NUHW members discuss St. Joseph’s low wages on KHSU’s Thursday Night Talk
St. Joseph Eureka healthcare workers Kellie Shaner and Allen McCloskey, along with NUHW Lead Negotiator Charlie Ridgell, discussed St. Joseph Health System’s low wages July 2 in a one-hour interview on KHSU’s Thursday Night Talk. Click here to listen. The show was prompted by the release of NUHW’s report, Uncompensated Care: How St. Joseph Health’s Low Wages […]
July 3rd, 2015
Report: Uncompensated Care: How St. Joseph Health’s Low Wages Leave Caregivers Behind
In May, Humboldt County healthcare workers hosted a community discussion and unveiled a new report, Uncompensated Care: How St. Joseph Health’s Low Wages Leave Caregivers Behind. The report documents the harmful effects of low wages paid at the county’s two St. Joseph Health System hospitals and analyzes the far-reaching consequences of St. Joseph’s employment practices, including risks […]
June 9th, 2015
Lakewood workers ratify new contracts
EVS and Food Service workers at Lakewood Medical Center in Los Angeles County ratified new three-year contracts last week with Sodexo, a Lakewood contractor. Both bargaining units won wage increases and retroactive pay back to the expiration date of their previous contracts, improvements in attendance policies, more time to file grievances, more shop stewards, more […]
May 18th, 2015
Kaiser mental health clinicians protest retaliation against whistleblowers
Kaiser mental health clinicians picketed and leafleted at Kaiser facilities throughout California May 11–15 to protest the HMO’s retaliation against whistleblowers who have brought public attention to Kaiser’s pattern of unlawful delays in providing mental health care. Clinicians demanded that Kaiser reinstate wrongfully terminated Fremont psychologist Dr. Alex Wang, who had been targeted by Kaiser […]
May 18th, 2015
NUHW, CNA picket at St. Joseph Hospital, Eureka
NUHW and CNA workers from St. Joseph Hospital in Eureka and Redwood Memorial Hospital in Fortuna picketed outside the Eureka facility May 6 to address low wages and long shifts faced by hospital staff. Susan Johnson, a nurse at St. Joseph Hospital for 30 years, told the Eureka Times-Standard she was picketing to raise public […]