July 6th, 2022
Getting the word out about our new mental health access law
After fighting hard to pass a landmark law that requires health insurers to end dangerously long waits for mental health therapy appointments, NUHW-represented clinicians and their allies have launched a campaign to inform Californians of their new rights to access timely care. With SB 221 slated to go into effect on July 1, clinicians Sarah […]
June 27th, 2022
NUHW members show solidarity with RN colleagues
When registered nurses represented by the California Nurses Association went on strike at two hospitals this month, their NUHW colleagues stood in solidarity. At Seton Medical Center in Daly City, registered nurses and NUHW-represented healthcare workers for years have fought together: first to keep the hospital from closing and now to demand that the new […]
June 27th, 2022
NUHW has strong presence at Labor Notes conference
NUHW had a strong contingent at the 2020 Labor Notes Conference, which brought together approximately 4,000 union workers and leaders from across the country for a weekend of panels, workshops, and social gatherings aimed at sharing knowledge and helping advance the rights of working people. The stars of the conference were Amazon and Starbucks workers […]
June 27th, 2022
Mental health clinicians take fight to Kaiser
With Kaiser Permanente showing no urgency to settle a contract after nearly a full year of bargaining, mental health clinicians in Northern California are confronting Kaiser officials while preparing for a potential open-ended strike. On June 17, guests at the Four Seasons Hotel in San Francisco, where Kaiser’s Board of Directors was meeting, woke up […]
June 27th, 2022
Member profile: Ruby Sierra
Surgical tech Ruby Sierra fights for her coworkers at St Joseph hospital like their family. “I spend more time with them than with my own family, so I see my coworkers as my family, too.”