November 24th, 2021
Santa Rita Jail workers refunded after employer’s benefit error
Since January 2020, Geneica Williams, a nurse and NUHW steward at Santa Rita Jail in Alameda County, where workers are employed by the private firm Wellpath, had been paying for a supplemental long-term disability benefit that would allow her to cover a portion of her income while out of work for an extended leave. Except […]
November 23rd, 2021
On Día de Muertos, remembering those lost to COVID-19
Día de Muertos is a pre-Columbian Mesoamerican tradition dating back more than 3,000 years in which people honor their deceased friends and family members by building ofrendas (Altars) that are decorated with candles, cempasúchil (Aztec marigolds), sugar skulls, papél picado (tissue paper), pan de muerto (day of the dead bread), the deceased’s favorite foods, and […]
November 23rd, 2021
Member profile: Ana Ortiz
Ana Ortiz, an expeditor at Santa Rosa Memorial, discovered Aztec dance as a way to deal with the stress of cancer treatment. Now recovered, she now finds that dance helps her manage the pressures of work.
November 23rd, 2021
News of the Month — November 2021
Some of these stories may require a subscription. NUHW Kaiser Vallejo member Brandi Plumley was included in an NPR story about delays for services at Kaiser’s mental health care system and SB 221, which orders the insurer to provide patients with follow-up appointments within 10 business days. Plumley also did a live interview on KGO […]
November 23rd, 2021
NUHW members picket West Anaheim Medical Center over staffing crisis
More than 100 nurses, respiratory therapists and medical technicians picketed West Anaheim Medical Center on November 22 demanding that the hospital address a worsening staffing crisis that is putting patients at risk. “It’s gotten to the point where people are getting sick staff-wise,” Jeanne Waite, a nurse in the hospital’s behavioral health unit, told the […]