December 19th, 2022

After five months of bargaining, NUHW members picket Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center

NUHW members picketed Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Dec. 7 to demand that 227-bed hospital in LA’s San Fernando Valley take action to address severe understaffing that is putting patients at risk. “We’re never safely staffed because every month more people leave for jobs that provide better pay and less stress,” Koudjo Equida, a phlebotomist […]

December 19th, 2022

Largest health insurance purchaser in Hawai’i lets members leave Kaiser over mental health concerns

In a major victory for Hawai’i patients and NUHW members that have been on strike for more than three months, the state’s largest health insurance purchaser is allowing members to leave Kaiser Permanente if they report being unable to access timely mental health care from the giant HMO. Under normal circumstances, members of the Hawaii […]

December 19th, 2022

News of the Month — December 2022

Some of these stories may require a subscription.  NUHW member Natalie Rogers, a licensed clinical social worker at Kaiser Permanente, has made history, becoming the first Black woman to serve as Santa Rosa mayor. Natalie was first elected to the Santa Rosa council in 2020 and represents part of the city’s west and southwest areas. […]

December 12th, 2022

NUHW: Forging Ahead in 2023

We have a saying at NUHW that we Win to Grow and we Grow to Win. It’s an acknowledgement that the more victories we win in our workplaces, the more we’ll inspire other workers to join NUHW. And, the more workers that we organize, the more power we’ll have to win even bigger for each […]

December 5th, 2022

Fountain Valley RNs and professionals win big raises after joining NUHW

Approximately 850 NUHW-represented registered nurses, medical social workers, speech therapists, physical therapists and pharmacists at Tenet Healthcare’s Fountain Valley Regional Hospital voted overwhelmingly Thursday to ratify a contract that will significantly improve wages and help the hospital confront a severe understaffing crisis. The three-year agreement averted a potential strike at the 400-bed hospital, which provides […]