February 26th, 2024
Reflecting on the longest ever mental health strike
This page is also available in: Español This month marked the one year anniversary of the settlement that ended the longest strike by behavioral healthcare workers in U.S. history. For 172 days, NUHW-represented providers for Kaiser Permanente walked picket lines to demand a first contract that improved conditions for themselves and their patients. […]
February 26th, 2024
Member Profile: Sal Goshorn
Anesthesia tech Sal Goshorn has experience bargaining employment contracts from his time as president of the State Parks Peace Officers of California.
February 26th, 2024
Kindred San Diego professional workers ratify their first union contract
This page is also available in: Español Not long after holding their first-ever strike, laboratory and pharmacy workers at Kindred Hospital San Diego unanimously ratified their first union contract that includes 23 percent wage increases over three years. The agreement, which also includes more pay for working nights and weekends, bonuses for working […]
January 29th, 2024
NUHW members at Providence hospital get abusive managers terminated
This page is also available in: Español In 2022, workers at Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center showed management they wouldn’t settle for a bad contract. Last year, workers in the Housekeeping and Engineering departments showed they wouldn’t settle for bad managers. In the Engineering Department, NUHW members filed complaints last October against a […]
January 29th, 2024
California Assembly passes NUHW-backed “Ghost Network” bill
This page is also available in: Español An NUHW-backed bill that would make California a leader in making health plans maintain accurate lists of in-network providers, including mental health therapists, passed the State Assembly this month by a 59 to 9 vote. Assembly Bill 236, which now heads to the State Senate, aims […]