March 14th, 2024
Q&A with Sandra Leal-Lopez, LMFT
This page is also available in: Español Sandra Leal-Lopez, LMFT, is a steward and former Bargaining Team member at Kaiser’s Panorama City clinic in Southern California. When Kaiser moved to cut Patient Management Time, known in Northern California as Indirect Patient Care Time, Sandra and her colleagues fought back. In this interview, edited […]
March 12th, 2024
Newly elected leaders take the reins
New president, secretary-treasurer, and 22-member Executive Board sworn into office as NUHW celebrates growing membership and growing influence There’s new leadership at the top of NUHW. Sophia Mendoza, who previously served as secretary–treasurer, was officially sworn in Saturday as NUHW president. Joining Sophia on NUHW’s member-elected Executive Board are Vanessa Coe, who will serve as […]
February 26th, 2024
NUHW expands presence at Providence San Pedro
This page is also available in: Español Three months after nearly 500 service and tech workers at Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center San Pedro voted overwhelmingly to form a union with NUHW, 86 of their professional colleagues have followed suit. The unit, which includes physical, speech, and occupational therapists, social workers, […]
February 26th, 2024
NUHW sponsors new mental health parity bills
This page is also available in: Español NUHW is teaming up with Assemblymebmer Gail Pellerin (D-Santa Cruz) on two bills that would help state regulators better enforce recent mental health parity laws and help patients advocate for their rights. AB 3221 would help the Department of Managed Health Care better enforce state law […]
February 26th, 2024
NUHW hosts Katie Porter rally
This page is also available in: Español For a few hours on February 24, NUHW’s Emeryville headquarters was the epicenter of California politics as nearly 200 supporters along with reporters from the San Francisco Chronicle, Wall Street Journal, Politico, and local television news stations attended a rally for Congresswoman Katie Porter. NUHW President […]