January 23rd, 2024
Member spotlight: Elyssa Wheatley, Psychiatric RN
Elyssa Wheatley is a Psychiatric Registered Nurse and NUHW Steward at Kaiser Permanente Bostonia Psychiatry Offices in El Cajon, California. How long have you been a nurse? I have been a nurse for 16 years, spending the majority of my career in psychiatric nursing. Please briefly describe the type of nursing work you do. Since […]
January 23rd, 2024
The number of nurses in NUHW is growing
Did you know that NUHW now represents more than 1,600 nurses (RNs, LVNs, and NPs)? These NUHW nurses work across the state in a variety of settings from general acute care hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, and outpatient psychiatric clinics to correctional facilities and home health and hospice settings. Our nurses also have expertise in a […]
December 26th, 2023
Help us Eliminate Ghost Networks in 2024
One of the biggest challenges Californians face in accessing behavioral healthcare is trying to find anyone on their health plan’s list of in-network providers who’s actually reachable or available to schedule a therapy session. That’s why NUHW is teaming up with allies this year to pass a bill that will put an end to “Ghost […]
December 21st, 2023
December 2023 PULSE
In December, NUHW members welcomed nearly 400 new members at a USC hospital, passed a resolution demanding more time for mental health therapists at Kaiser Permanente in Southern California to perform critical patient care tasks, struck Sutter Health, picketed against drastic cuts at Seton Medical Center, and settled new contracts with a nursing home operator. […]
December 21st, 2023
NUHW membership at USC tops 2,000 with organizing victories at Verdugo Hills Hospital
This page is also available in: Español While NUHW-represented workers at Keck Medicine of USC have been winning strong contracts that improve wages and benefits, their counterparts at USC’s Verdugo Hills Hospital have faced lower pay, poorer benefits, and less job security without the power of a union. But that will change after […]