NEWS&PRESS

January 18th, 2013

Sacramento Business Journal Interview: John Borsos, Secretary-Treasurer, NUHW

Kathy Robertson.Senior staff writer
Sacramento Business Journal

John Borsos hopes labor history is about to repeat itself.

Secretary-treasurer at the National Union of Healthcare Workers, Borsos wrote his doctoral thesis on how a sharp decline for the labor movement in the 1920s gave way to an upsurge in strike activity and organizing in the 1930s.

Organized labor has taken hits in recent years, as unionized industries face steep competitive challenges and public-sector unions face fights to retain collective bargaining rights amid state budget deficits. Now the economy is on an upswing, and unions are angling to nab a bigger share of the American dream for their members.

Second-in-command at the National Union for Healthcare Workers, Borsos sees 2013 as a pivotal year for the scrappy start-up run by labor heavyweight Sal Rosselli . The decks appear cleared for a re-run of the largest ever private-sector union election in California. NUHW has 10,000 members; success could quadruple that number.

January 15th, 2013

Nurse Talk: RN DeAnn McEwen National Nurses United and NUHW Step Up

Listen at NurseTalk Podcast ” type=”text”> A visit with RN DeAnn McEwen, , Co-President of the California Nurses Association, about a recent press release announcing the largest nurses union in the U.S., National Nurses United and its affiliation with the National Union of Healthcare Workers to step up their work to protect patients, uphold standards, […]

January 15th, 2013

My SEIU story (VIDEO)

Last year, SEIU-UHW officials gave away our retiree health coverage to their friends in Kaiser management. Then they let Kaiser lay off 1,000 of our co-workers. My name is Leslie Suderno and I’m one of those workers. This is my story: I have worked 34 years for Kaiser and I feel that I’ve been a […]

January 10th, 2013

Why I am resigning as an SEIU steward and supporting NUHW-CNA

I have been a steward for many years because I have always believed in protecting our rights in the workplace. I am writing to you today to inform you that I have resigned my position as shop steward for SEIU-UHW. Since the trusteeship I have watched SEIU-UHW transform into an organization controlled by leaders more […]

January 8th, 2013

Healthcare Finance News: Two California labor unions join forces

Two California labor unions join forces

January 08, 2013 | Stephanie Bouchard, Managing Editor, Healthcare Finance News

Two labor unions in California are formalizing what has been a longstanding informal relationship. The National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) and the California Nurses Association (CNA) announced last week a legal affiliation that is for now a strategic alliance rather than a merger.

The 10,000-member NUHW and 85,000-member CNA will maintain separate constitutions and autonomous internal governance structures but will act like one union on agreed upon projects, legislative goals, organizing campaigns and contract campaigns, said Sal Rosselli, president of NUHW.

The affiliation with NUHW at this point does not impact CNA’s affiliation with National Nurses United, Rosselli added, but it does mean that the potential affiliation between NUHW and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) will not happen. NUHW and IAM formed a partnership last year that had the potential to develop into a formal affiliation. While that affiliation will not happen now, Rosselli said, IAM still supports NUHW’s goals.