December 20th, 2022
More USC and West Anaheim Medical Center workers join NUHW
December proved to be another strong month for new organizing with nearly 200 workers at West Anaheim Medical Center and the University of Southern California voting to join NUHW. At West Anaheim, 179 workers, including nursing assistants, housekeepers, food service workers, EMTs, monitor techs, pharmacy techs, phlebotomists, and unit secretaries voted overwhelmingly to join NUHW. […]
December 19th, 2022
Nursing home workers in San Francisco win 7 percent raises in Year 1 of new contract
NUHW members at San Francisco Post Acute recently voted to ratify a three-year contract with significant wage and benefit improvements. The contract guarantees wage increases of at least 13 percent for workers, with 7 percent raises in the first year to offset rising prices. The agreement also includes improved starting wages, more money for working […]
December 19th, 2022
After five months of bargaining, NUHW members picket Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center
NUHW members picketed Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Dec. 7 to demand that 227-bed hospital in LA’s San Fernando Valley take action to address severe understaffing that is putting patients at risk. “We’re never safely staffed because every month more people leave for jobs that provide better pay and less stress,” Koudjo Equida, a phlebotomist […]
December 19th, 2022
Largest health insurance purchaser in Hawai’i lets members leave Kaiser over mental health concerns
In a major victory for Hawai’i patients and NUHW members that have been on strike for more than three months, the state’s largest health insurance purchaser is allowing members to leave Kaiser Permanente if they report being unable to access timely mental health care from the giant HMO. Under normal circumstances, members of the Hawaii […]
December 12th, 2022
NUHW: Forging Ahead in 2023
We have a saying at NUHW that we Win to Grow and we Grow to Win. It’s an acknowledgement that the more victories we win in our workplaces, the more we’ll inspire other workers to join NUHW. And, the more workers that we organize, the more power we’ll have to win even bigger for each […]