December 7th, 2020
Will hospitals ignore California’s new COVID testing requirement?
California’s first-in-the-nation weekly COVID testing requirement for hospital workers starts this week Despite a staffing crisis and surging caseloads will hospitals ignore it? Amid a surge that threatens to overwhelm California’s chronically understaffed hospitals, state health officials are launching the nation’s most rigorous COVID-19 testing regimen for hospital workers. Beginning today, Dec. 7, hospitals are […]
November 30th, 2020
A big win on COVID testing
After months of rallies, protests and high-level communications with state leaders, NUHW members have won our fight for comprehensive COVID-19 testing requirements covering acute care hospitals. Last Wednesday, the California Department of Public Health issued the nation’s first regulations mandating weekly COVID-19 testing for acute care hospital workers. Under these rules, hospitals will be required […]
November 23rd, 2020
Workers call for stronger COVID protections, end to subcontracting at press conference
Workers from Los Alamitos Medical Center and Lakewood Medical Center joined their colleagues at Fountain Valley Regional Hospital to launch a unity campaign pushing for stronger Covid safeguards at all three hospitals as well as fair treatment for dietary and EVS workers whose jobs are subcontracted to a company that pays poverty wages. The workers […]
November 19th, 2020
Remembering Antonio Orea, a champion for working people
On November 17, we lost a dedicated staff leader and beloved member of our NUHW family to COVID-19. Antonio Orea lived an exemplary life. He grew up in Mexico, journeyed across the border at age 16, worked in a sweatshop, took classes, became a U.S. citizen, and devoted his life to helping people earn a […]
November 19th, 2020
Election roundup
By taking the time to volunteer even during a pandemic, NUHW members once again helped elect dozens of pro-worker candidates across California. Most importantly, by joining the millions of Americans who called swing state voters over the past several weeks, we helped elect Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. President-elect Biden’s victory is a huge win […]