April 5th, 2012
After 9-year Struggle, Santa Rosa Memorial Caregivers Reach Contract Settlement
Santa Rosa, California – On Tuesday night, workers at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital (SRMH) reached a tentative agreement with management for a union contract with across-the-board wage increases, improved retirement benefits, seniority rights, just cause rights, employment security protections, representation rights, and other workplace protections and improvements. The agreement caps a nine-year effort by Santa […]
April 4th, 2012
Caregivers, Keck Hospital reach a tentative agreement
By DANIEL ROTHBERG · Daily Trojan The Keck Hospital of USC and the National Union of Healthcare Workers reached a tentative agreement Tuesday for a three-year contract that, if ratified, will remain in effect until April 2015. NUHW members will vote to ratify the deal next week. Caregivers at the Keck Hospital of USC (above) reached a […]
April 3rd, 2012
We won a contract with raises and no takeaways at USC
Brothers and Sisters: At 4:30 in the morning today, after a marathon round of bargaining, NUHW members at Keck Medical Center of USC reached a tentative agreement for an outstanding contract with no takeaways and raises of 9.75 to 33 percent over the term of the contract. Our agreement includes fully employer-paid health insurance, a ban on subcontracting and improvements […]
April 3rd, 2012
NUHW Tells Sutter Health: Build CPMC the Right Way
Last week, NUHW President Sal Rosselli and NUHW Executive Board member Helen York-Jones joined community leaders from all over San Francisco to tell the media that San Franciscans expect better than the lousy deal Sutter Health cut with the Mayor for the construction of CPMC’s new hospital campus on Cathedral Hill. The recent agreement lets […]
March 29th, 2012
San Franciscans for Healthcare, Housing, Jobs, and Justice Pronounce Sutter/CPMC’s Special Deal “Bad for San Francisco”
Broad-based coalition finds proposed development agreement protects Sutter/CPMC’s profits, but fails to meet the City’s needs for healthcare and jobs, or to address negative impacts on housing and traffic March 28, 2012 – Contact Leighton Woodhouse: (213) 948-3545 SAN FRANCISCO – This morning, on the steps of City Hall, dozens of healthcare and housing advocates, union members […]