December 8th, 2014
Labor Notes: The logic of short hospital strikes
NUHW President Sal Rosselli and NUHW IBHS rank-and-file president Clement Papazian were interviewed for Labor Notes’ story on the logic of short strikes in the hospital industry. Click here to read the story.
December 8th, 2014
Our 2014 Leadership Conference was a success!
NUHW members gathered at the Hilton Garden Inn in Emeryville on October 11 for our second annual Leadership Conference. It was a chance to look back at the union’s accomplishments over the past year and to look ahead to new challenges in the coming year. Videos and slideshow below. With two hundred NUHW members in […]
December 4th, 2014
Workers at two St. Joseph hospitals vote to join NUHW
One hundred and twenty-four service and tech workers at St. Joseph’s Petaluma Valley Hospital voted by a 6-1 margin to join NUHW in a December 3 election. “I’m elated,” said PVH radiology tech Patricia Barnett. “We finally have a collective voice at the hospital. We’ll be able to sit at the table as an equal […]
December 2nd, 2014
Bay Area community groups support CPMC workers
Bay Area community groups demonstrated their support for California Pacific Medical Center workers November 19 by attending a bargaining session between the workers and their employer, Sutter Health. See the video below. Sutter is proposing huge cost increases for CPMC workers’ medical coverage that would make it difficult for many workers to continue to live […]
December 1st, 2014
L.A. Times: Kaiser criticized over mental healthcare staffing
Click here to read the Los Angeles Times’ November 27 story on the Kaiser mental health care crisis. “This is about greed,” said attorney Kathryn Trepinski. “They’re dodging their obligation with their sick members, just when they need it most.”