May 27th, 2021
Members settle contract at Kindred San Diego
NUHW members at Kindred Hospital San Diego have approved a one-year contract with wage increases for full- and part-time workers ranging from 5.25 to 6.75 percent, depending on length of service. The new contract also increases the starting rates and maximum rates for certified nursing assistants, floor techs, housekeepers and dietary workers. “Settling this contract […]
May 26th, 2021
USC healthcare workers overwhelmingly authorize 5-day strike
Vote sets stage for more than 1,500 workers to potentially strike university-run hospitals and clinics next month. More than 1,500 healthcare workers at Keck Hospital of USC, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and several university clinics and call centers have authorized a 5-day strike. After a week of voting, more than two-thirds of workers cast […]
May 25th, 2021
Honoring the memory of George Floyd
Today marks one year since the murder of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who was killed by a Minneapolis police officer who kneeled on his neck until he could no longer breathe. George Floyd’s murder forced a national reckoning on racial injustice in our country. It woke many of us up to the horrifying […]
May 18th, 2021
CA Dems approve 2 NUHW-sponsored resolutions
The California Democratic Party this month approved two NUHW-sponsored resolutions at its annual convention earlier this month. The resolutions call on Gov. Gavin Newsom to initiate talks with the Biden Administration on making California the first state to implement Medicare for All and express support for SB 221, a landmark mental health bill working its […]
May 7th, 2021
Tenet workers protest as corporation celebrates big pandemic profits
On May 6, Tenet Healthcare, one of the nation’s largest for-profit hospital chains, hosted its annual shareholders meeting touting its soaring stock price and healthy operating profit during the pandemic Several hours later, more than 150 NUHW members from three Tenet hospitals, along with nearly two-dozen community allies, gathered outside Tenet’s largest medical center in […]