May 29th, 2012
NUHW celebrates Dolores Huerta, recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Dolores Huerta, accompanied by Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis and NUHW President Sal Rosselli at the White HouseCivil rights activist and labor legend Dolores Huerta received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Obama at the White House today.
Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis, who joined the ceremony, commented, “Today, President Obama will honor Dolores Huerta with the Presidential Medal of Freedom for a lifetime dedicated to workers’ rights and social justice. She joins the ranks of other luminaries throughout history, including Cesar Chavez, Martin Luther King Jr. and Mother Teresa, who have received this much-deserved honor.”
May 24th, 2012
National press highlights SEIU’s giveaways to Kaiser
Two weeks ago, after SEIU-UHW tried to keep healthcare workers in the dark by refusing to share details of agreements they had signed with Kaiser, NUHW blew the lid off of SEIU’s secret deal by printing the tentative agreements and exposing SEIU’s giveaways for everyone to see. Now a national publication with special coverage of […]
May 17th, 2012
Workers at Children’s Hospital Oakland Vote to Bolt SEIU and Join NUHW
OAKLAND – Three years after petitioning the National Labor Relations Board for an election to leave the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and join the National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW), about 450 employees of Children’s Hospital Oakland (CHO) finally belong to the union of their choice. In a decisive vote yesterday of 183 for […]