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March 28th, 2011

Michigan Healthcare Workers Organize to Join NUHW

NUHW Brothers and Sisters: I have exciting news to share with you. I’m a Cardiovascular Technologist and former elected SEIU Chief Steward at Mercy Health Partners, Hackley Campus, in Muskegon, Michigan. Last week, my co-workers and I filed petitions with the National Labor Relations Board for nearly 100 of us to leave SEIU and join NUHW. […]

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March 28th, 2011

Workers at Michigan Hospital and Nursing Home Organize to Join NUHW

Caregivers cite lack of representation and lack of member involvement as reasons for organizing to leave SEIU Healthcare workers at Mercy Health Partners, Hackley Campus in Muskegon and Luther Manor skilled nursing facility in Saginaw have filed petitions with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) for elections to leave the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) […]

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March 26th, 2011

Standing with Wisconsin

  NUHW members at a Los Angeles rally today in solidarity with workers under attack in Wisconsin and all over the nation.

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March 26th, 2011

Workplace health and safety survey

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), the federal agency responsible for making recommendations for the prevention of work-related injury and illness, is asking healthcare workers to respond to this 30-minute survey to assist the agency in keeping our workplaces safe: http://www.niosh-healthcare-survey.org Taking the time to fill it out will help keep our […]

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March 26th, 2011

Woodland Nursing Facility Workers Vote 40 to 4 to Leave SEIU and Join NUHW

Woodland, California – Following on the heels of a near-unanimous vote on Wednesday by workers at the Cottonwood nursing home to leave the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and join the National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW), employees of the Woodland skilled nursing facility near Sacramento voted yesterday to switch unions by a vote of 40 for NUHW […]