October 14th, 2011
USC’s Keck Hospital caregivers on 24-hour strike
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hundreds of caregivers at the University of Southern California’s Keck Hospital are striking for 24 hours to protest contract negotiations and what they call a lack of input over staffing and delivery of patient care. Chief Human Resources Officer Matt McElrath says the hospital is open and fully operational and surgeries […]
October 14th, 2011
Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital and the National Union of Healthcare Workers Agree to Assemblymember Luis Alejo and State Mediator’s Request for 30-Day Cooling Off Period
NUHW strike scheduled for October 18th withdrawn Salinas, California – SVMH and NUHW today (October 13, 2011) agreed to a request from the offices of Assemblymember Luis Alejo and the state mediator for a 30-day cooling off period in an effort to put in place a process to reach a contract. The parties also agreed […]
October 12th, 2011
NUHW on strike at USC
Coverage from KABC, Los Angeles Times, Southern California Public Radio (KPCC) and Huffington Post. Coverage from LADailyBreeze and Southwest Riverside News Network.
October 11th, 2011
USC Workers On Strike Tomorrow
Tomorrow beginning at 6am, nearly 700 NUHW members at USC University Hospital will be on strike for 24 hours. USC workers are asking management to agree to provide frontline caregivers with a contractually enforceable means of addressing short-staffing problems that compromise patient care. To date, their proposal to protect patients has been rebuffed by hospital […]