April 24th, 2023
State Senate advances NUHW-sponsored healthcare reform bill
This page is also available in: Español NUHW took a big step toward its goal of guaranteeing health care for all Californians this month when the State Senate’s Health Committee advanced Senate Bill 770. Despite opposition from the insurance industry and the California Chamber of Commerce, the committee on April 19 voted 7-2 […]
April 18th, 2023
NUHW continues growth at Keck-USC
This page is also available in: Español Nearly two dozen workers from the USC Downtown Clinic overwhelmingly voted to join over 1,700 of their co-workers at USC as members of NUHW. The election is the latest residual organizing victory for NUHW in the USC-Keck healthcare system — momentum that NUHW members maintained this […]
April 17th, 2023
Caregivers to hold largest-ever strike ever at Children’s Hospital Oakland
This page is also available in: Español UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland Workers to Hold One-Day Strike Wednesday, April 19 The strike will be the largest in the hospital’s history. Registered nurses, operating engineers and other caregivers are striking in sympathy with more than 1,200 workers who have been without a contract since […]
March 28th, 2023
NUHW members get Fountain Valley Regional Hospital cited for inadequate care
This page is also available in: Español The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has cited Fountain Valley Regional Hospital for multiple patient safety violations following an investigation into 248 complaints filed by NUHW members. In a 94-page report, the agency concluded that Fountain Valley lacked “an effective [governing body]…to provide a safe […]
March 28th, 2023
How NUHW members won a great contract at Providence Tarzana
This page is also available in: Español What a difference five years can make. In 2018, NUHW members at Providence Cedars Sinai Tarzana Medical Center ratified a four-year contract that wasn’t bad, but didn’t come close enough to achieving their goals. Fast forward to 2023, and workers are celebrating a contract that has […]