March 28th, 2022
Kaiser mental health providers win contract in Southern California
NUHW members who provide behavioral health care at Kaiser Permanente in Southern California overwhelmingly ratified a contract that improves wages, expands eligibility for student loan repayments, provides a new paid holiday, and increases retiree medical benefits. The contract for approximately 1,900 psychologists, social workers, psychiatric nurses, addiction counselors, therapists and other mental health classifications includes […]
March 17th, 2022
LA Mayoral Debate, Saturday, 10 a.m. March 26
Karen Bass, Kevin de León and Mike Feuer will discuss critical issues facing Los Angeles in forum sponsored by the National Union of Healthcare Workers and Courage California Following the debate, 3,400 NUHW members who live and work in Los Angeles will vote to decide the union’s endorsement Los Angeles — At least three of […]
March 17th, 2022
850 RNs and healthcare professionals vote to join NUHW
Approximately 850 registered nurses and healthcare professionals at Fountain Valley Regional Hospital in Orange County have voted to leave United Nurses Associations of California (UNAC) and 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 […]
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 […]