April 25th, 2024
Assembly advances NUHW-sponsored legislation
This page is also available in: Español NUHW took another major step toward improving access to mental healthcare in California this month when the State Assembly Health Committee passed two NUHW-sponsored bills, AB 3221 and AB 3260. Despite opposition from the insurance industry, the committee passed AB 3260 by a vote of 13 […]
April 19th, 2024
Sutter Healthcare workers to hold early morning picket line Tuesday, April 23 in Santa Cruz
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 19 CONTACT: Francisco Castro, fcastro@nuhw.org, (213) 500-9037 SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — Approximately two dozen rehabilitation specialists who drive throughout Santa Cruz County treating patients in their homes will hold a two-hour picket Tuesday outside a Sutter Health office to demand a fair contract that pays them market-rate wages and doesn’t make […]
April 19th, 2024
Workers to strike Sutter psychiatric hospital in Sacramento for three days starting Tuesday, April 23
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 12, 2024 Contact: Matthew Artz, 510-435-8035, martz@nuhw.org Picket line will run from 6:30 to 11 a.m. Nearly three years after forming a union, approximately 150 workers still seeking their first contract will strike the Sutter Center for Psychiatry for three days starting Tuesday, April 23. The workers, who include mental health […]
April 12th, 2024
Healthcare workers at MarinHealth Medical Center will hold a one-day strike Tuesday, April 16
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 12, 2024 Contact: Matthew Artz, 510-435-8035, martz@nuhw.org Picket line will go from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. While MarinHealth Medical Center has netted strong operating profits in recent years, its medical technicians, who operate critical equipment like X-ray and MRI machines, have been falling behind, struggling to make ends meet in […]
March 26th, 2024
Seton workers strike to restore quality health insurance
This page is also available in: Español More than 400 NUHW members struck Seton Medical Center in Daly City on March 25 and 26, demanding that the hospital restore their health benefits. Every Bay Area news station covered the strike as workers shared their experience of working at the community hospital for decades […]