
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 […]

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.”

Workers at USC Eye Institute vote to join NUHW
Every month, Rene Angeles pays over $300 a month for his family healthcare coverage. Despite working for six years for one of the richest medical institutions in Southern California — the Eye Institute at USC — the ophthalmic service specialist only has a partially-subsidized employer medical insurance plan. The prospect of winning a free HMO […]

NUHW statement on the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade
The overturning of Roe v. Wade is a devastating decision that jeopardizes the health and safety of millions of people in our country and denies the basic right of autonomy over one’s body for more than half our population. Today’s ruling marks the first time that the Supreme Court has recognized a constitutional right and […]

May 2022 PULSE
In May, NUHW members conducted the largest behavioral health strike ever in Hawaii, helped secure an investigation into Kaiser’s behavioral health services in California, welcomed more new members who work for Sutter Health, and commemorated Mental Health Awareness Month. Check out the stories, including a profile on the California Alliance of Retired Americans, and follow […]