July 28th, 2022

Members at Mission Neighborhood Health Center show solidarity during contract bargaining

Medical assistants, pharmacy techs, clerical, and support staff who provide care to low-income families at Mission Neighborhood Health Center in San Francisco are bargaining their fourth contract since joining NUHW in 2012. Last week members wore NUHW shirts in the workplace to demonstrate their commitment to winning a contract that guarantees better staffing provisions and […]

July 26th, 2022

Member profile: Juana Martinez

NUHW steward Juana Martinez, a housekeeper at Queen of the Valley, is active in her union and on the dance floor.

July 26th, 2022

Queen of the Valley workers win mid-contract raises and are ready to fight for more

Forcing an employer to raise wages in the middle of a contract isn’t easy, but Queen workers never stopped fighting and advocating for each other. They researched how their wages compared to those of nearby hospitals, and demonstrated their strength in January with aninformational picket that drew public attention to severe understaffing in the hospital […]

July 26th, 2022

USC Call Center workers get big raises

With two daughters in college and one entering her senior year in high school, there are always extra expenses coming up for Gabby Guzman. “There’s tuition, supplies, boarding,” says the USC Call Center Scheduler. “Even though they’re in New York and San Francisco, you’re still there for them, helping them no matter what.” Guzman has […]

July 26th, 2022

News of the Month — July 2022

Some of these stories may require a subscription.  Capital & Main features NUHW members Emily Ryan, Susan Whitney, Tanya Veluz and Ken Harlander in a feature story about mental health practitioners at Kaiser being so overburdened with patients that waiting periods between appointments can be six weeks or more. The story also notes California’s Department […]