May 25th, 2021
Honoring the memory of George Floyd
Today marks one year since the murder of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who was killed by a Minneapolis police officer who kneeled on his neck until he could no longer breathe. George Floyd’s murder forced a national reckoning on racial injustice in our country. It woke many of us up to the horrifying […]
May 18th, 2021
CA Dems approve 2 NUHW-sponsored resolutions
The California Democratic Party this month approved two NUHW-sponsored resolutions at its annual convention earlier this month. The resolutions call on Gov. Gavin Newsom to initiate talks with the Biden Administration on making California the first state to implement Medicare for All and express support for SB 221, a landmark mental health bill working its […]
May 7th, 2021
Tenet workers protest as corporation celebrates big pandemic profits
On May 6, Tenet Healthcare, one of the nation’s largest for-profit hospital chains, hosted its annual shareholders meeting touting its soaring stock price and healthy operating profit during the pandemic Several hours later, more than 150 NUHW members from three Tenet hospitals, along with nearly two-dozen community allies, gathered outside Tenet’s largest medical center in […]
May 6th, 2021
NUHW members celebrate May Day
NUHW members celebrated May Day this year with marches and other actions in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Santa Rosa. In San Francisco, NUHW members marched the same route — from the Ferry Building to Civic Center Plaza — as the 1934 May Day march that preceded the West Coast Waterfront strike. Drummers played throughout […]
April 27th, 2021
Local clergy demonstrate support for Tenet workers
NUHW members at Tenet Healthcare hospitals in Southern California received strong support from local clergy for the launch of their “Don’t Call Me a Hero” campaign. The campaign is focused on making Tenet, a Fortune 500 company, honor the sacrifices and dedication of its workers over the past year with contracts that provide livable wages, […]