March 17th, 2022
850 RNs and healthcare professionals at Fountain Valley Regional Hospital vote to join NUHW
FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif. — Approximately 850 registered nurses and healthcare professionals at Fountain Valley Regional Hospital have voted to join the National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW). In a vote-by-mail election conducted by the National Labor Relations Board, the caregivers voted by a margin of 77 percent to 23 percent to join NUHW, which already […]
March 14th, 2022
NUHW per diem worker on “Cloud 9” after winning benefits from Kaiser
With a husband nearly ready to retire and forgo his medical coverage, Stacey Miller had already made up her mind to leave Kaiser. She loved her work as a speech language pathologist, but as a per diem she didn’t get health benefits, which she would need once her husband stopped working. “I didn’t want to […]
March 10th, 2022
CPMC workers get Sutter to nearly double proposed raises in new contract
NUHW members at Sutter Health’s California Pacific Medical Center voted overwhelmingly to ratify a new contract that will raise salaries 14.5 percent over the next four years. The contract, which also preserves pensions for existing workers, boosts wage rates for certified nursing assistants, and guarantees that overtime must be prioritized by seniority, is a hard-earned […]
March 10th, 2022
Courage California and NUHW: Partners for working people
When mental health clinicians at Kaiser Permanente voted to join the newly formed National Union of Healthcare Workers more than a decade ago, Kaiser was intent on never settling a contract let alone collaborating to improve access to mental health care. In their ultimately victorious five-year fight to secure a contract, the NUHW-represented clinicians had […]
March 7th, 2022
Workers at UCSF Children’s Hospital Oakland win contract one day before scheduled picket
After nine months of fruitless contract negotiations, caregivers at UCSF Children’s Hospital Oakland scheduled a picket to call public attention to the hospital’s refusal to agree to fair contract terms. But on the night before the scheduled picket, UCSF made several key concessions that paved the way to a deal. The one-year contract includes: 3 […]