October 14th, 2021
Kaiser Permanente facing strikes from multiple unions in California, Oregon
Kaiser Permanente’s labor woes are about to get even worse. Already enduring a strike by operating engineers in its Northern California hospitals, Kaiser Permanente is now faced with a looming strike threat from more than 30,000 Southern California healthcare workers. According to the Los Angeles Times, 24,000 members of United Nurses Association of California/Union of […]
October 13th, 2021
Queen of the Valley exec admits hospital is understaffed despite huge profits and federal funds
California has the lowest COVID-19 transmission rate of any state in the nation, but many hospitals in the state are facing self-inflicted staffing crises after laying off essential healthcare workers despite reporting strong profits. At Providence’s Queen of the Valley Medical Center in the Napa Valley, the hospital’s chief medical officer told the Napa City […]
October 7th, 2021
Frontline workers confront Board of Directors at Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital
Fifty NUHW members showed up September 30 at a Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital Board of Directors meeting to demand the hospital provide a fair wage increase and rescind its plan to double the cost of health insurance for these essential workers. “You say we’re family, treat us like family,” chief steward Esther Fierros–Nunez told the […]
October 5th, 2021
“I’m desperate for this bill to get signed” – KQED reports on SB 221
KQED’s The California Report on Monday featured a story about SB 221, a landmark bill authored by State Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, that would reduce wait times for mental health and addiction medicine appointments to no more than 10 business days — unless a treating clinician determined that a longer wait would not be […]
September 30th, 2021
September 2021 PULSE
In September, NUHW members helped defeat the gubernatorial recall, championed mental health parity legislation, took action to advance contract bargaining, and celebrated the gains achieved from a big contract victory. Please read the stories below, and be sure to check out our new training and education website, and follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, too. Note: Photographs of […]