August 31st, 2023
Kaiser Model of Care Committees off to good start
This page is also available in: Español One of our most important victories in last year’s 10-week Northern California Kaiser mental health strike was the establishment of five labor-management Model of Care committees. Our recent experience with Kaiser has been mixed when it comes to Model of Care committees, but what’s different about […]
August 31st, 2023
NUHW sends big contingent to Healthy California Now Lobby Day
This page is also available in: Español On August 29, Healthy California Now, the state’s largest coalition of organizations supporting a single-payer, Medicare For All-style healthcare system, held a Lobby Day in Sacramento. NUHW had a large contingent at the event during which advocates met with members of the State Assembly urging them […]
August 28th, 2023
News of the Month — August 2023
Some of these stories may require a subscription. Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital will receive $10 million from a $300 million worth of zero-interest loans for struggling hospitals announced by Gov. Gavin Newsom, reported SanBenito.com. The Hollister hospital, which declared bankruptcy earlier this year, will receive the funds in the coming weeks. The National Labor Relations […]
August 28th, 2023
Workers get Penalty Pay extended at a major Providence hospital
This page is also available in: Español When Providence switched payroll systems last year, NUHW members at Providence hospitals across Northern California immediately started seeing systemic payroll errors that cost them thousands of dollars. Workers fought back last summer holding a press conference that was covered in Becker’s Hospital Review, the Santa Rosa […]
August 28th, 2023
NUHW expands presence at Keck-USC healthcare system
This page is also available in: Español The NUHW family within the Keck-USC healthcare system continues to grow after workers at the Pasadena Lab voted unanimously to join over 1,700 of their USC colleagues as members of the National Union of Healthcare Workers. The unit consists of lab assistants and lab techs. The […]