May 10th, 2011
800 CPMC Workers Vote to Leave SEIU and Join NUHW!
Workers win! 800 employees at the Pacific, California and Davies hospitals of Sutter’s California Pacific Medical Center system in San Francisco have left SEIU and joined NUHW. Final vote: 237 for SEIU to 384 for NUHW, 11 “Neither.” Workers organizing with NUHW triumphed despite SEIU’s enormous resource advantages, including active support by the employer. SEIU […]
May 10th, 2011
800 Employees of Sutter’s California Pacific Medical Center Leave SEIU to Join NUHW
Workers at San Francisco’s dominant private hospital reject hostile takeover of local union SAN FRANCISCO – 800 employees at the Pacific, California and Davies hospitals of Sutter’s California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC) system in San Francisco have left the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) to join the National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW). The National […]
May 10th, 2011
SVMH hires lobbyist to attack audit request
The Salinas Californian: SVMH board chairman Jim Gattis says health care district welcomes scrutiny Written by Jeff Mitchell Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System officials have hired a veteran Sacramento lobbyist in reaction to a proposal to conduct a financial audit of the hospital. Sparked by state Assemblyman Luis Alejo’s call for the health care system […]
May 9th, 2011
Kaiser Caregivers Prepare to Strike
Click above to see the slideshow! Last week, Kaiser announced first quarter profits of $921 million, or nearly $10 million a day. That’s a 30% increase over the same time period last year, bringing Kaiser’s profits up to $5 billion since 2009. Yet management is still trying to cut workers’ retirement and healthcare benefits, […]
May 5th, 2011
Doctors San Pablo NUHW Members Fight for a Fair Contract
For two years following SEIU’s takeover of our union, workers at Doctors San Pablo didn’t receive a raise because SEIU refused to fight for its members. Now that workers have joined NUHW, they’re stepping up to the plate. Last week, NUHW members packed the room at a meeting of the hospital’s Board of Directors and […]