April 25th, 2011
In The News: As Union Election Begins at Calif. Hospitals, Workers Claim SEIU ‘in Bed With Management’
From In These Times: By Carl Finamore SAN FRANCISCO—A bitterly-contested election is occurring among employees at three of the oldest hospitals in San Francisco that have continuously provided healthcare since around the mid-1800s. A lot has changed over the last 150 years but surely, we can safely assume, it was mostly for the better. One can […]
April 23rd, 2011
In The News: Fears of a private SVMH
In today’s Monterey County Herald, NUHW Vice President John Borsos and Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital LVN/NUHW member leader Marilyn Benson offer their perspective on the healthcare board’s stealth campaign to privatize the hospital: Fears of a private SVMH By JOHN BORSOS and MARILYNBENSON Guest commentary Mention “Salinas” to most Californians, and a cascade of images and literary […]
April 19th, 2011
Steve Early discusses NUHW on C-Span
Watch Steve’s talk. Click here to watch! “The Civil Wars in U.S. Labor” author Steve Early discusses NUHW in a presentation in Washington DC aired on C-Span.
April 7th, 2011
Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital Workers to Protest “Questionable Financial Relationship” Between Hospital and Bank President
Becker’s Hospital Review: Written by Rachel Fields | April 06, 2011 Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital employees are planning to protest outside Rabobank headquarters in response to what they call a “questionable financial relationship” between the hospital, the prominent local bank and the bank’s president, according to a Monterey Herald report. Harry Wardwell, president of Rabobank, serves as treasurer on […]