August 30th, 2021
NUHW Kaiser clinicians team up with leading mental health parity attorney
Kaiser mental health clinicians have a new ally in their fight to improve access to care and working conditions. Meiram Bendat, the nation’s leading attorney specializing in mental health parity law, has been retained by NUHW. Bendat held an initial meeting this month with Kaiser Permanente clinicians and our research team to help us document […]
August 30th, 2021
NUHW members ratify contracts with double digit raises at three Tenet hospitals
More than 830 NUHW members at three Tenet Healthcare hospitals won new contracts this month, averting a potential strike. After the workers at Fountain Valley Regional Hospital, Lakewood Medical Center and Los Alamitos Medical Center authorized a joint strike, bargaining ramped up and management made concessions resulting in significant improvements to pay, benefits and COVID-related […]
August 27th, 2021
Fighting the recall, one call at a time
When an NUHW organizer asked Olivia Aguirre if she would volunteer to defeat the recall of Gov. Gavin Newsom, she offered to start right away — more than two months before ballots had to be returned. “He said, ‘we’re not ready,’” Aguirre recalled. “I said, ‘look for someone who needs a volunteer and get me […]
August 13th, 2021
In remembrance of AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka
Statement from NUHW President Sal Rosselli in remembrance of our friend Richard Trumka: Richard Trumka was a friend to NUHW since our founding twelve years ago. It took some guts to stand with us in those early days. Our union, the National Union of Healthcare Workers, broke away from SEIU over ethical and philosophical differences. […]
July 29th, 2021
JULY 2021 PULSE
In July, NUHW members won news contracts, advanced a critical mental health parity bill in the State Assembly. put the breaks on a no-bid contract for an employer that understaffs healthcare services at the Sonoma County Jail, and authorized a strike at three hospitals owned by Tenet Healthcare. Please read the stories below, and be sure […]