December 3rd, 2010
NUHW Members Recognized with “Working Class Hero Award”
Last night, NUHW was proud to accept the “Working Class Hero Award” from the North Bay Labor Council on behalf of approximately 700 caregivers at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital who won the largest hospital organizing campaign in the nation in 2009. The workers at Santa Rosa Memorial exemplify the principles and values that inspired the creation […]
December 3rd, 2010
Kaiser’s Unfair Labor Practice Violations Against NUHW
Kaiser Permanente recently settled two Unfair Labor Practice charges with the National Labor Relations Board for misconduct in its campaigning against NUHW. Kaiser management committed the violations in question at Kaiser Sacramento, the Mira Loma Call Center in Orange County and the La Palma Medical Office Building in Orange County. Excerpts from the settlements: “We […]
November 18th, 2010
30 New Stewards Sworn in at Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital
Thirty brand new NUHW shop stewards were sworn in en masse at Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital this week. In May, SVMH workers voted overwhelmingly to leave SEIU and join NUHW. After enduring five months of SEIU-imposed legal delays, SVMH workers were finally officially certified as NUHW members just three weeks ago. ”Taking our oath all […]
November 18th, 2010
After Nearly 2-year Delay, Election Date Scheduled at Sutter Solano Medical Center
Workers supporting NUHW will challenge SEIU for representation Vallejo, California — Sutter Solano Medical Center caregivers won a major victory today with the scheduling of a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)-administered election between two rival unions, the National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) and the Service Employees International Union – United Healthcare Workers West (SEIU-UHW). The […]
November 13th, 2010
Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal: 1,500 Kaiser workers join NUHW
By Elizabeth Kim About 1,500 Kaiser mental health professionals and optical workers in Northern California have voted to leave the Service Employees International Union and join the National Union of Healthcare Workers, the union reported Friday. The National Labor Relations Board concluded the ballot count with a final tally of 603 for NUHW to 196 […]