June 16th, 2012
SEIU-UHW President Dave Regan tries to undo safe staffing ratios
There’s just one word for it: Disgusting. Thursday night, on a statewide call of California union leaders, SEIU-UHW President Dave Regan announced his plans to help the hospital industry gut nurse-to-patient ratio laws that protect our patients and our licenses, and tried to get the rest of the labor movement to help him do it. […]
June 8th, 2012
SEIU cut a back room deal with Kaiser, I was there
My name is Sophia Sims. I’ve worked at Kaiser Panorama City since 2003, and before that at Woodland Hills since 1988. Until last week, I was a member of SEIU-UHW’s Executive Board. I also served on SEIU’s bargaining team for the contract we’re currently voting on. After reading the language in the Tentative Agreement on […]
May 29th, 2012
NUHW celebrates Dolores Huerta, recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Dolores Huerta, accompanied by Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis and NUHW President Sal Rosselli at the White HouseCivil rights activist and labor legend Dolores Huerta received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Obama at the White House today.
Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis, who joined the ceremony, commented, “Today, President Obama will honor Dolores Huerta with the Presidential Medal of Freedom for a lifetime dedicated to workers’ rights and social justice. She joins the ranks of other luminaries throughout history, including Cesar Chavez, Martin Luther King Jr. and Mother Teresa, who have received this much-deserved honor.”