November 8th, 2012
How SEIU’s partnership with Kaiser hurts all of us, including patients
This is basic. As healthcare workers, if we witness a supervisor snorting drugs on the job, we should feel safe to report that supervisor without fear of recrimination. And we should know that we are protected by our union. Protecting whistleblowers is not just what’s moral and right. It’s also in the best interest of […]
November 7th, 2012
CA Prop 30 wins and anti-union Prop 32 is defeated as labor movement drives broad victories
Workers celebrated broad victories across California and the nation today as union members drove turnout and participation in elections in every region of the nation. Two of the NUHW’s E-Board’s endorsed positions won the day in California. First, billionaire-sponsored California Proposition 32 was defeated handily at the polls, protecting workers’ right to take collective political […]
October 31st, 2012
NO on 32, YES on 30 and 37!
Billionaires and CEOs who don’t even live in California have an agenda that they’ve put on the ballot in next week’s election. First, a grab bag of anti-union billionaires is seeking to silence workers with Proposition 32. We urge you to vote NO on 32. Prop 32’s supporters pretend they’re trying to get special interest […]
October 26th, 2012
Big Profits and More Concessions
By Carl Finamore Posted at Beyond Chron and Counterpunch. California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC) has four medical campuses in San Francisco and is the city’s second largest private employer with 6000 employees and “over 1500 doctors and allied health practitioners.” It is owned by Sutter Health, a huge healthcare provider operating mostly in northern California. This vast […]
October 26th, 2012
We told CPMC, “We’re ready to fight!”
When Sutter/CPMC came to 750 NUHW members across the bargaining table and said they wanted us to agree to cut our vacation days, sick time, health benefits and to make it harder for casual workers to become classified as benefitted employees, we responded in no uncertain terms. We said, “We’ll see you on the picket line!” […]