March 26th, 2021
NUHW Executive Board sworn in for three-year term
NUHW’s new Executive Board was sworn in Saturday, March 13, and seated for the first meeting of the three-year term. All 22 members were elected by their peers in their workplaces to serve on the board, which sets the union’s agenda and manages its finances. Serving their first terms on the board are Mickey Fitzpatrick, […]
March 26th, 2021
Mental health reform legislation advances in the State Senate
A bill sponsored by NUHW to require Kaiser Permanente and all health plans in California to provide timely follow-up mental health and substance use disorder appointments sailed through its first legislative committee vote on Tuesday. The State Senate’s Health Committee passed SB 221 by a vote of 9-0. The committee’s two Republicans abstained, while every […]
March 26th, 2021
Members at The Sequoias – Portola Valley settle short-term agreement with new employer
NUHW members at The Sequoias – Portola Valley recently ratified a short-term contract that preserves the terms and conditions of their previous contract and sets the stage for future negotiations with their new employer. After decades of being directly employed by The Sequoias, a Bay Area retirement community, these housekeeping and dietary workers learned only […]
March 23rd, 2021
COVID-19 Vaccines Save Lives
Dr. Desmond Carlson, an Emergency Medicine doctor in Richmond, California, for 30 years, tells why the Covid-19 vaccines now available in the United States are safe and highly effective in preventing the spread of disease. Because of their increased exposure to the virus, it is especially important that people working in a health care setting […]