September 20th, 2011
Kaiser Permanente faces limited strike Thursday
Napa Valley Register: By Isabelle Dills About 10 health care workers from the Kaiser Permanente medical office in Napa will join the picket lines Thursday in Vallejo to protest cuts in their health and retirement benefits. About 4,000 members of the National Union of Healthcare Workers at Kaiser will be protesting across the state in […]
September 20th, 2011
Kaiser Mental Health Caregivers Speak Up for Patients
Stay updated on our fight to protect safe and timely access to care at Kaiser by visiting KaiserUnited.org.
September 19th, 2011
Los Angeles County and Sonoma County Democratic Parties Endorse NUHW/CNA Statewide Strike at Kaiser Permanente
LOS ANGELES – Last Tuesday, both the Los Angeles County Democratic Party and the Sonoma County Democratic Party resolved to support this week’s statewide strike by 23,000 Kaiser Permanente caregivers. The LACDP’s resolution “calls on Kaiser to settle a fair contract with NUHW members now, including enforceable safe staffing standards and no reductions in benefits.” Read […]
September 17th, 2011
Important new information about our strike at Kaiser
Brothers and Sisters, Next week, 4,000 NUHW members will go on strike at Kaiser. We will be joined by 17,000 RNs from the California Nurses Association and 2,000 Stationary Engineers from Local 39. Our strike will be the largest ever at Kaiser. Whether you are an NUHW member, a member of another union, or an ally, we […]
September 16th, 2011
Statement of the National Union of Healthcare Workers Regarding SVMH Outside Counsel’s Recommendations to Stop Secret Meetings and Release Documents
NUHW reiterates request for DA and Attorney General investigations Salinas, California – At tonight’s meeting (September 15, 2011) of the Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System’s Board of Directors, Joan Cassman, an outside attorney with Hanson Bridgett, the law firm recently retained by the Board in order to provide it counsel on public disclosure requirements, confirmed that the transparency […]