January 24th, 2023
Find out how much you’d save with Medicare for All
The Sacramento Bee recently ran a commentary about a tool designed by Healthy California Now and NUHW letting Californians calculate how much money they’d save if the state adopted a single-payer Medicare for All healthcare system. So far 4,000 people have tried it, and 87 percent found that their family would save more than $6,000 […]
January 24th, 2023
Caregivers at Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Ratify Contract With Big Raises to Address Understaffing
After seven months of negotiations, nearly 600 workers at Providence Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Tarzana have ratified a four-year contract that will boost wages by an average 40 percent.
January 23rd, 2023
NUHW members to picket Children’s Hospital Oakland on Jan. 25
“It’s a bridge too far.” UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland Caregivers Joined by Parents and Community Leaders Seek Guarantee that Care for Kids Remains in the East Bay as UCSF Health Confronts $200 Million Budget Shortfall Workers will picket outside the hospital Wed. Jan. 25, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 3:30 to 6 p.m. […]
January 13th, 2023
Recalling NUHW’s strike to make Kaiser honor MLK Day
For the first time since Martin Luther King Jr. Day became a federal holiday in 1986, Kaiser Permanente will honor the King Holiday as a paid holiday this year for all employees. The drive to make Kaiser recognize the King Holiday was spearheaded by NUHW-represented mental health clinicians. Through their Racial Justice & Equity Committee, […]
December 27th, 2022
NUHW receives record new organizing inquiries in 2022
In a year that saw support for unions continue to rise, NUHW experienced strong growth and unprecedented interest from healthcare workers interested in unionizing. NUHW organized more caregivers in 2022 than any year over the past decade, increasing its membership by nearly 10 percent. The union saw a record 517 inquiries from workers seeking to […]