March 13th, 2023
Patient Safety a Top Priority for NUHW Members
One of the primary reasons more than 16,000 members working on the front lines of healthcare have unionized with NUHW is to advocate for better standards of patient care and safety. National Patient Safety Awareness Week, which starts March 12, calls attention to the need for improved safety in healthcare delivery. The World Health Organization […]
February 27th, 2023
Seton professionals win long battle for better wages
This page is also available in: Español When nearly three dozen social workers, dietitians, care managers, speech pathologists, occupational therapists and physical therapists at Seton Medical Center joined NUHW in late 2021, they knew that bargaining wouldn’t be easy. Seton, which is located just south of San Francisco, has faced multiple bankruptcies and […]
February 27th, 2023
Kindred workers in San Diego gain voluntary union recognition
This page is also available in: Español For years, pharmacists, pharmacy techs, and clinical lab scientists struggled to secure fair wages from Kindred San Diego while their unionized colleagues, including nurses, housekeepers and medical technicians, organized to win strong wages and have a voice in the operation of their hospital. So when they […]
February 27th, 2023
NUHW members help lead fight to save acclaimed birthing center
This page is also available in: Español NUHW members at Petaluma Valley Hospital joined with their nurse colleagues on February 15 for a rally to save the hospital’s acclaimed birthing center from closure. After the rally, the workers attended a meeting of the Petaluma Health Care District during which board members made their […]
February 27th, 2023
Mental health therapists at Kaiser Permanente in Hawai’i ratify contract ending 172-day strike
NUHW-represented mental health clinicians in Hawai’i ratified a three-year contract on February 19 that ended the longest mental health strike in U.S. history. For 172 days, the approximately 50 psychologists, social workers, nurses and chemical dependency counselors withheld their labor to demand that Kaiser Permanente treat them fairly and provide care that meets the needs […]