July 27th, 2021
Keck-USC workers ratify contract
More than 1,500 NUHW members Keck Hospital of USC, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, several university clinics, and a university call center won a three-year contract that includes major concessions from the university. The workers, who had authorized a strike in May, voted 98 percent to ratify the contract that includes substantial raises and improved […]
July 27th, 2021
Tenet members authorize strike
On the same day that Tenet Healthcare announced a $257million second-quarter net profit, nearly 1,000 NUHW members employed at three Tenet hospitals in Southern California authorized a strike that could begin as early as next month. The Los Angeles Times reported on the strike authorization. Workers at Fountain Valley Regional Hospital, Los Alamitos Medical Center, […]
July 26th, 2021
NUHW applauds Gov. Newsom’s order on healthcare worker vaccinations
California Governor Gavin Newsom took bold action today to protect the health of caregivers and patients, and slow the spread of COVID-19 as cases and hospitalizations are once again surging in California and across the country. With several NUHW members in attendance at the Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center, Newsom announced that all employers at […]
June 30th, 2021
JUNE 2021 PULSE
In June, NUHW members rallied for Medicare for All, demanded a federal investigation into the nation’s second-largest hospital company’s spending of COVID relief funds, won several strong contracts, secured Juneteenth as a paid holiday and championed the cause of student debt relief. Please read the stories below, and be sure to follow uson Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, too. Note: […]
June 28th, 2021
RAMS workers settle contract
NUHW-represented workers Richmond Area Multi-Services, Inc. voted overwhelmingly this month to ratify a contract that improves pay and benefits and makes them the first NUHW members to win Juneteenth as a paid holiday. The three-year contract includes retroactive annual wage increases of 3 percent for the nearly 100 mental health professionals at the San Francisco […]