December 14th, 2021
NUHW members authorize five-day strike at West Anaheim Medical Center
More than 100 NUHW members at West Anaheim Medical Center are readying for a strike as the for-profit hospital refuses to address severe understaffing and make wages more competitive. With 96 percent of NUHW members casting ballots, the vote was nearly unanimous to authorize a strike. “We’re not backing down,” said Ian Bowie, a radiologic […]
December 6th, 2021
Town Hall sheds light on UCSF’s hollowing out of Children’s Hospital Oakland
Since affiliating with UCSF in 2014, Children’s Hospital Oakland has seen fewer patients, while UCSF’s children’s hospital in San Francisco’s Mission Bay neighborhood, which opened in 2015, has seen its patient census consistently grow. On Dec. 1, NUHW members at the hospital joined with community and elected allies, to share their concerns that UCSF is […]
November 29th, 2021
Kaiser workers release Racial Justice and Equity Survey
Last year, NUHW members at Kaiser Permanente facilities across California founded the NUHW Racial Justice and Equity Committee. Now our member-led committee has released the report from its first comprehensive survey of NUHW members to gauge how systemic racism and marginalization within Kaiser impacts workers and patients. Read the report here. More than 1,500 NUHW […]
November 29th, 2021
NUHW wins Telly awards for “Fight of Our Lives” video
NUHW has been honored with two Telly awards for the “Fight of Our Lives” video that kicked off last year’s virtual Leadership Conference. The Tellys, an international organization that honors “excellence in video and television across all screens,” created a new category this year to recognize videos made under pandemic working conditions. With social distancing […]
November 24th, 2021
Santa Rita Jail workers refunded after employer’s benefit error
Since January 2020, Geneica Williams, a nurse and NUHW steward at Santa Rita Jail in Alameda County, where workers are employed by the private firm Wellpath, had been paying for a supplemental long-term disability benefit that would allow her to cover a portion of her income while out of work for an extended leave. Except […]