October 13th, 2021
Queen of the Valley exec admits hospital is understaffed despite huge profits and federal funds
California has the lowest COVID-19 transmission rate of any state in the nation, but many hospitals in the state are facing self-inflicted staffing crises after laying off essential healthcare workers despite reporting strong profits. At Providence’s Queen of the Valley Medical Center in the Napa Valley, the hospital’s chief medical officer told the Napa City […]
October 7th, 2021
Frontline workers confront Board of Directors at Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital
Fifty NUHW members showed up September 30 at a Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital Board of Directors meeting to demand the hospital provide a fair wage increase and rescind its plan to double the cost of health insurance for these essential workers. “You say we’re family, treat us like family,” chief steward Esther Fierros–Nunez told the […]
October 5th, 2021
“I’m desperate for this bill to get signed” – KQED reports on SB 221
KQED’s The California Report on Monday featured a story about SB 221, a landmark bill authored by State Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, that would reduce wait times for mental health and addiction medicine appointments to no more than 10 business days — unless a treating clinician determined that a longer wait would not be […]
September 29th, 2021
NUHW unveils new training and education library
NUHW is committed to providing educational and professional development opportunities to all of our members. That’s why we are excited to unveil a new redesigned training and education portal on the NUHW website. The new portal includes links to live and virtual trainings for NUHW stewards to help them understand and enforce their contracts, engage […]
September 29th, 2021
A life-changing contract at Fountain Valley
What a difference a fair contract makes. “Everyone’s very happy,” said Connie Montesano, a lab technician at Fountain Valley Regional Hospital, where workers recently won a contract that includes substantial pay increases and improved safety protocols. After more than a year of bargaining and worker actions, NUHW members signed a three-year contract — their second […]