February 17th, 2011
In the News: Kaiser nurses threaten SoCal strike
by Kathy Robertson, staff writer Sacramento Business Journal Tuesday, February 15, 2011 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 […]
February 16th, 2011
In The News: USC University Hospital nurses and staff picket amid contract negotiations
Photo: Bob Chamberlin/Los Angeles Times From the L.A. Times: About 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 more than […]
February 1st, 2011
Kaiser workers chart course forward
The photos above show stewards from the Kaiser IBHS and Kaiser Optical bargaining units taking steward oaths at their first all-day NUHW steward training and strategy meetings. These meetings brought together union stewards representing more than 1,400 Northern California Kaiser workers who are members of NUHW and are beginning their contract campaigns this month. At […]
January 27th, 2011
67 More Workers at Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital Join NUHW
Formerly non-union employees join their 860 unionized co-workers in NUHW Salinas, California – Sixty-seven formerly non-union employees in the Laboratory, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory and Diagnostic Imaging Departments at Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital (SVMH) are the newest members of the National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW). Yesterday, hospital administrators accepted a petition in support of unionization […]
January 27th, 2011
67 More Workers at Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital Join NUHW
Sixty-seven formerly non-union employees in the Laboratory, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory and Diagnostic Imaging Departments at Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital are the newest members of NUHW. Yesterday, hospital administrators accepted a petition in support of unionization signed by a majority of the workers and agreed to recognize their status as union members. The 67 technical employees […]