October 31st, 2012
NO on 32, YES on 30 and 37!
Billionaires and CEOs who don’t even live in California have an agenda that they’ve put on the ballot in next week’s election. First, a grab bag of anti-union billionaires is seeking to silence workers with Proposition 32. We urge you to vote NO on 32. Prop 32’s supporters pretend they’re trying to get special interest […]
October 26th, 2012
Big Profits and More Concessions
By Carl Finamore Posted at Beyond Chron and Counterpunch. California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC) has four medical campuses in San Francisco and is the city’s second largest private employer with 6000 employees and “over 1500 doctors and allied health practitioners.” It is owned by Sutter Health, a huge healthcare provider operating mostly in northern California. This vast […]
October 26th, 2012
We told CPMC, “We’re ready to fight!”
When Sutter/CPMC came to 750 NUHW members across the bargaining table and said they wanted us to agree to cut our vacation days, sick time, health benefits and to make it harder for casual workers to become classified as benefitted employees, we responded in no uncertain terms. We said, “We’ll see you on the picket line!” […]
October 20th, 2012
Our union puts members first
Nothing demonstrates our union’s power in quite the same way as how we enforce our collective bargaining agreement with our employer. How we enforce our contract shows the world what our union is made of. As proud NUHW Registered Nurses in the Kaiser LAMC unit we can tell you that the terms and conditions of […]
October 15th, 2012
NUHW representative files lawsuit against SEIU stewards for assault and battery
What kind of union do we want? My name is Gloria Villasenor, and I’m an NUHW steward in the Kaiser Optical Unit. I’m proud of the fact that in my steward council, whether we’re representing workers, making sure our contract is enforced, or going on strike to fight the cuts that SEIU has accepted, we […]