June 26th, 2023
NUHW-backed reform bill clears key Assembly committee
This page is also available in: Español One month after it sailed through the State Senate, SB 770, a bill that would set the stage for groundbreaking reform of California’s healthcare financing and delivery system, passed another key test, advancing out of the State Assembly’s Health Committee on June 27. The committee voted […]
June 26th, 2023
Workers at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland ratify new contracts, averting second strike
This page is also available in: Español More than 1,300 NUHW members at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland voted overwhelmingly this month to ratify new three-year contracts, ending a year-long dispute and averting a potential three-day strike. The contracts include provisions to protect quality pediatric care in the East Bay as well as […]
June 26th, 2023
Phlebotomists win higher salaries, $6,000 in back wages
This page is also available in: Español Several phlebotomists at Queen of the Valley Medical Center are several thousand dollars richer after fighting together to be compensated for the additional work required of them. The phlebotomists at the Napa County hospital’s outpatient lab don’t just draw blood, they also register patients and verify […]
May 31st, 2023
May 2023 PULSE
In May, NUHW members celebrated an important legal victory in the fight for mental health parity, picketed with their nurse colleagues to re-open a recently shuttered birthing center, celebrated further growth of our 1,700+ member Keck-USC membership, won the best contract of any Southern California Kindred Hospital, and resolved to strike for three days in […]
May 30th, 2023
State Senate passes NUHW-backed bill to put California on pathway to guaranteed health care
This page is also available in: Español In a major step toward groundbreaking reform of California’s healthcare financing and delivery system, the State Senate passed SB 770 on Tuesday, May 30 by a vote of 30 aye to 9 no. The bill, authored by Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) and co-sponsored by NUHW, […]