January 25th, 2022
Member profile: Laura Nakamura
Laura Nakamura, an NUHW steward and cardiac sonographer at Children’s Hospital Oakland, was elected to the Concord City Council in 2022.
January 25th, 2022
NUHW wins two more organizing elections
NUHW continued its rapid growth in January when workers at Sutter Care at Home of Concord and San Leandro, and USC Keck Medical Center’s Cardiothoracic, Cardio, and Bio-Med units voted overwhelmingly to unionize. The 163 Bay Area-based workers at Sutter Care at Home, who include nurses, nursing assistants and licensed vocational nurses, will join more […]
January 25th, 2022
NUHW members in Napa protest dangerous staffing shortages
Confronting another COVID surge without enough people on staff to protect their health or safely care for patients, NUHW members on January 19 picketed outside Queen of the Valley Medical Center in Napa. Workers who include nursing assistants, respiratory therapists, housekeepers, medical technicians, and food service staff, held two rallies with local elected officials who […]
January 25th, 2022
News of the Month — January 2022
Some of these stories may require a subscription. Our picket to provtest severe understaffing at Queen of the Valley Medical Center in Napa was covered by the San Francisco Chronicle, the Napa Valley Register, KTVU-2 and KPIX-5. KRON 4, NBC Bay Area, KTVU Fox 2, Mission Local, KSRO, People’s World, KPIX, and Workers’ World did […]
January 25th, 2022
Seton workers force concessions after strike authorization
NUHW members at Seton Medical Center and Seton Coastside refused to let the new owner of both facilities deny them a fair raise. While AHMC, the for-profit company that bought the facilities for $40 million through bankruptcy proceedings, insisted that a 3 percent raise would be satisfactory, NUHW members prepared to strike if the hospital […]