August 31st, 2021
AUGUST 2021 PULSE
In August, NUHW members won new contracts, volunteered to defeat the recall, furthered their fight to improve access to mental health care, and ratcheted up the fight against a hospital company that is failing to pay its bills or fix equipment. Please read the stories below, and be sure to follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, too. […]
August 30th, 2021
News of the Month — August 2021
Note: Some of these stories may require a subscription. Republican Assemblymember Marie Waldron wrote a short op-ed in Patch supporting SB 221, our mental health parity legislation. Waldron is a co-sponsor of the bill. NUHW was quoted in this Bloomberg story about vaccine mandates for healthcare workers. NUHW member Kari Helgeson was quoted in the […]
August 30th, 2021
Seton workers continue fight to safeguard care
NUHW members at Seton Medical Center in Daly City are taking action to protect patients from the hospital’s new owner that has cut staffing, while refusing to pay its bills or fix broken medical equipment. AHMC, which purchased the hospital via bankruptcy court last year, has forced patients to delay heart procedures and wait up […]
August 30th, 2021
Members at Kindred Hospital Bay Area settle contract following info picket vote
Nurses and respiratory therapists at Kindred Hospital Bay Area in San Leandro settled a contract just days before an informational picket was scheduled to take place. The contract includes 9 percent raises over two years for registered nurses, respiratory technicians, and respiratory care practitioners; and 7.5 percent raises for other job classifications. Workers also won […]
August 30th, 2021
New Children’s Hospital contract protects job, keeps care in Oakland
Workers at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland have ratified a one-year contract that provides job security for workers and helps protect healthcare services for East Bay kids. Since the hospital became an affiliate of UCSF in 2014, UCSF has moved jobs and services to its flagship campus in San Francisco’s Mission Bay, laying off workers […]