July 13th, 2023
Healthcare Workers to Picket West Anaheim Medical Center Demanding End to Poverty Wages
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Last year, nearly 200 nursing assistants, EMTs, housekeepers, food service workers and pharmacy and lab technicians at West Anaheim Medical Center joined the National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) to fight for better wages and safer staffing. Now, they’re preparing to picket the hospital demanding fair treatment and an end to poverty […]
June 29th, 2023
June 2023 PULSE
In June, NUHW members won new contracts with big raises, secured thousands of dollars in back pay, made a powerful statement against LGBTQ+ hate during Pride Month, celebrated the advancement of a key NUHW-backed healthcare reform bill, and prepared to escalate a major contract campaign in Southern California. Check out this month’s member profile of […]
June 27th, 2023
NUHW passes Pride Month resolution against growing extremist violence
This page is also available in: Español Amid growing extremist violence targeting the LGBTQ+ community, NUHW’s Executive Board voted unanimously to adopt a resolution rejecting LGBTQ+ hate. “It’s our collective responsibility to protect our communities from extremists who justify violence under the guise of morality,” said Ilana Marcucchi-Morris, an NUHW e-board member and […]
June 26th, 2023
News of the Month — June 2023
Some of these stories may require a subscription. CBS San Francisco and Becker’s Hospital Review included NUHW member Stephanie Lum Ho, an office associate at Children’s Hospital in Oakland, in a story about members at the facility ratifying a new three-year contract that averted another potential strike that was authorized for later in the summer. […]
June 26th, 2023
Workers ready to picket West Anaheim Medical Center
This page is also available in: Español As hospital management refuses to pay market rate wages that reflect high inflation rates, nearly 200 healthcare workers at West Anaheim Medical Center are ready to escalate their contract fight. In a nearly unanimous vote this month, the workers, who include nursing assistants, housekeepers, food service […]