February 18th, 2011
Ready to Strike for Our Patients
NUHW nurses at Kaiser Los Angeles Medical Center showed their solidarity Wednesday night in a candlelight vigil for safe staffing. Rank-and-file leaders representing over a thousand RNs have been at the bargaining table with Kaiser LAMC for over a year now, demanding enforceable staffing ratios to protect patients. On Wednesday, RNs demonstrated their unity and […]
February 17th, 2011
Standing Up for Patient Care
Images from this Tuesday’s informational picket at USC University Hospital.
February 17th, 2011
Labor Board Fails to Protect the Rights of 10,000 Fresno Homecare Workers
PERB refuses to overturn fraudulent 2009 election, gives SEIU a pass for election misconduct; NUHW pledges to appeal FRESNO – The Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) notified the National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) today of its decision not to overturn the results of a 2009 election for 10,000 Fresno County homecare workers between NUHW and […]
February 17th, 2011
Kaiser nurses threaten SoCal strike
By Kathy Robertson Tuesday, February 15, 2011 The Sacramento Business Journal Hundreds of nurses at Kaiser Permanente’s flagship Los Angeles Medical Center are angling to call the first nursing strike at the hospital in more than 20 years. Members of the National Union of Healthcare Workers aim to notify Kaiser during a candlelight vigil at the […]
February 17th, 2011
USC University Hospital nurses and staff picket amid contract negotiations
By Molly Hennessy-Fiske The Los Angeles Times February 15, 2011 About a 100 USC University Hospital nurses and medical staff picketed outside the hospital entrance Tuesday to demand improved staffing, a protest that came amid contract negotiations between administrators and two powerful unions. Evelyn Koch, a registered nurse who said she has worked at USC-affiliated hospitals for […]