March 24th, 2024
Big legal victory at Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital
This page is also available in: Español Workers at Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital in Hollister will seek to reverse all the takeaways they’ve endured after a U.S. Bankruptcy Court sided with NUHW in determining that the hospital was not eligible for bankruptcy protection. The taxpayer-supported San Benito Healthcare District had used its bankruptcy […]
March 24th, 2024
Los Angeles Board of Supervisors passes resolution in support of Kaiser therapists
This page is also available in: Español The Los Angeles Board of Supervisors in March became the second elected body to pass a resolution criticizing Kaiser for making it harder for therapists in Southern California to meet the needs of their patients. In a unanimous vote, the board expressed its opposition to Kaiser’s […]
March 24th, 2024
NUHW members take fight to Providence
This page is also available in: Español NUHW members throughout Northern California are joining together to take on Providence, a massive hospital corporation that has been cutting care to communities throughout the region. While Providence this month closed its outpatient labs in Sonoma, Napa, and Humboldt counties, workers at Petaluma Valley Hospital have […]
March 21st, 2024
Workers to strike Seton Medical Center in Daly City Monday, March 25 and Tuesday March 26
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, March 21, 2024 Contact: Matthew Artz, 510-435-8035, martz@nuhw.org The two-day strike comes in response to the hospital imposing a restrictive new health plan that is forcing out caregivers and putting Seton’s future in further jeopardy Under Seton’s new health plan, many caregivers, who have sacrificed to keep the safety-net hospital open, […]
March 14th, 2024
Kaiser therapists win fight for more reception support
In Kaiser’s Sacramento region, therapists aren’t just successfully advocating for themselves, they’re advocating for their support staff. At clinics in Sacramento, Folsom and Roseville, Kaiser had stopped providing consistent reception and frontline support. That didn’t sit well with therapists who understand that having support staff on hand can help patients who might be anxious about […]