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 […]
May 4th, 2015
Kindred Brea workers hold rally to call for fair contract
NUHW members at Kindred Brea held a successful rally Wednesday, April 27, to call on Kindred to negotiate a fair contract. “How far we have come since February 14, 2014, when we peacefully assembled to give our letter of intent to unionize and were met with threats, police, and uncalled-for hostility. From that point on, […]
April 30th, 2015
Sodexo–Los Alamitos meets workers’ demands
Sodexo-Los Alamitos Medical Center agreed to meet NUHW members’ demands just minutes before the workers were set to launch an informational picket at the facility April 29. For months workers have expressed a number of concerns that have gone unanswered by management: HR has shorted workers on their paychecks and dragged their heels in correcting the […]
April 30th, 2015
NUHW leaders celebrate Dolores Huerta’s 85th birthday
NUHW members and staff joined labor leader Dolores Huerta in celebrating her 85th birthday earlier this month. Several hundred labor, community, and political leaders attended the party and dance-a-thon April 11 at the Delancey Street Foundation Ballroom in Los Angeles. Proceeds from the event benefited the Dolores Huerta Foundation, a community benefit organization that organizes […]
April 28th, 2015
Corizon workers ratify three-year contract
NUHW members at Santa Rita Jail and Glenn Dyer Detention Facility in Alameda County recently ratified a three-year agreement with 92% approval after a year of contentious bargaining with Corizon Health Services. Bargaining went down to the wire, with the members authorizing a strike and the bargaining committee delivering a ten-day strike notice before settling on an […]