December 20th, 2012
NUHW Kaiser Bargaining Update
My name is Ann Amato. I’m a Kaiser LCSW and a proud member of the bargaining team for NUHW’s Kaiser IBHS bargaining unit. I’d like to report important news from our bargaining table. Kaiser management is beginning to crack. We’ve all heard about how SEIU-UHW has agreed to allow Kaiser to lay off more than […]
December 20th, 2012
NUHW Kaiser members join CNA info picket
NUHW members and supporters joined thousands of Kaiser RNs in support of a safe staffing info picket across Northern California today. From Antioch to Modesto to Oakland, healthcare workers called attention to the needs of caregivers and the patients and the importance of safe staffing ratios at Kaiser Permanente, California’s largest healthcare provider. You can […]
December 14th, 2012
SEIU’s “Partnership” = $1.8 Billion for Kaiser, layoffs and benefit cuts for workers
When SEIU gave away our retiree health benefits in national bargaining this June, SEIU-UHW claimed it wasn’t really a benefit cut. Now, Kaiser’s Quarterly Financial Report has revealed that SEIU’s retiree health giveaway saved Kaiser more than $1.8 billion. You can read it in black and white. (Please print and share that leaflet with your […]
December 11th, 2012
It’s official: SEIU can’t stop the coming Kaiser S&T election
The full body of the National Labor Relations Board — the federal government agency that oversees union elections — has rejected SEIU’s last minute attempt to stop the Kaiser Service and Tech re-run election from happening. This is great news for healthcare workers at Kaiser. It means that there’s nothing stopping us from moving forward and casting […]
November 28th, 2012
A contract victory for NUHW at Hazel Hawkins
In June, 175 of us at Hazel Hawkins voted to join NUHW. Now we are celebrating bargaining a great three-year NUHW contract at our hospital. Our settlement, which we are scheduled to ratify on December 4th, contains these important highlights: 13.5% in wage increases over 3 years (retroactive to July, 2012) re-instituting full step increases […]