April 4th, 2011
Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital Workers to Protest Healthcare Board Member Harry Wardwell’s Financial Relationship with Hospital
While running a bank with $15 million in deposits from the hospital, Wardwell approved the third highest public employee salary in the state for Hospital CEO Sam Downing while approving $6 million in tax dollar payments to outside firm that pushed for massive cuts to hospital staff Where: Rabobank, 301 Main Street, Salinas When: Tuesday, April 5, […]
March 28th, 2011
Michigan Healthcare Workers Organize to Join NUHW
NUHW Brothers and Sisters: I have exciting news to share with you. I’m a Cardiovascular Technologist and former elected SEIU Chief Steward at Mercy Health Partners, Hackley Campus, in Muskegon, Michigan. Last week, my co-workers and I filed petitions with the National Labor Relations Board for nearly 100 of us to leave SEIU and join NUHW. […]
March 28th, 2011
Workers at Michigan Hospital and Nursing Home Organize to Join NUHW
Caregivers cite lack of representation and lack of member involvement as reasons for organizing to leave SEIU Healthcare workers at Mercy Health Partners, Hackley Campus in Muskegon and Luther Manor skilled nursing facility in Saginaw have filed petitions with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) for elections to leave the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) […]
March 26th, 2011
Standing with Wisconsin
NUHW members at a Los Angeles rally today in solidarity with workers under attack in Wisconsin and all over the nation.
March 26th, 2011
Workplace health and safety survey
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), the federal agency responsible for making recommendations for the prevention of work-related injury and illness, is asking healthcare workers to respond to this 30-minute survey to assist the agency in keeping our workplaces safe: http://www.niosh-healthcare-survey.org Taking the time to fill it out will help keep our […]