March 14th, 2024
Model of Care committees further NorCal contract wins
The five Model of Care Committees in Northern California completed their work recently with strong gains for clinicians and overall patient care. Among the biggest victories are more Indirect Patient Care Time/Patient Management Time for intake clinicians, more time to conduct child intakes, more treatment tracks to ease the burden of generalists and crisis care […]
March 14th, 2024
Q&A with Sandra Leal-Lopez, LMFT
This page is also available in: Español Sandra Leal-Lopez, LMFT, is a steward and former Bargaining Team member at Kaiser’s Panorama City clinic in Southern California. When Kaiser moved to cut Patient Management Time, known in Northern California as Indirect Patient Care Time, Sandra and her colleagues fought back. In this interview, edited […]
March 12th, 2024
Newly elected leaders take the reins
New president, secretary-treasurer, and 22-member Executive Board sworn into office as NUHW celebrates growing membership and growing influence There’s new leadership at the top of NUHW. Sophia Mendoza, who previously served as secretary–treasurer, was officially sworn in Saturday as NUHW president. Joining Sophia on NUHW’s member-elected Executive Board are Vanessa Coe, who will serve as […]
February 29th, 2024
February 2024 PULSE
In February, NUHW members welcomed more new members at Providence San Pedro hospital, won a new contract at Kindred Hospital San Diego, helped host a rally for Congresswoman Katie Porter, and prepared to advocate for two mental health parity bills sponsored by our union. You can read all the stories below, including a profile of […]
February 26th, 2024
NUHW expands presence at Providence San Pedro
This page is also available in: Español Three months after nearly 500 service and tech workers at Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center San Pedro voted overwhelmingly to form a union with NUHW, 86 of their professional colleagues have followed suit. The unit, which includes physical, speech, and occupational therapists, social workers, […]