March 26th, 2021
Members at The Sequoias – Portola Valley settle short-term agreement with new employer
NUHW members at The Sequoias – Portola Valley recently ratified a short-term contract that preserves the terms and conditions of their previous contract and sets the stage for future negotiations with their new employer. After decades of being directly employed by The Sequoias, a Bay Area retirement community, these housekeeping and dietary workers learned only […]
March 23rd, 2021
COVID-19 Vaccines Save Lives
Dr. Desmond Carlson, an Emergency Medicine doctor in Richmond, California, for 30 years, tells why the Covid-19 vaccines now available in the United States are safe and highly effective in preventing the spread of disease. Because of their increased exposure to the virus, it is especially important that people working in a health care setting […]
March 19th, 2021
NUHW condemns racism against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders amid rise in hate crimes
NUHW President Sal Rosselli and Secretary-Treasurer issued the following statement following the March 16 shootings that claimed the lives of eight people, including six Asian women in Atlanta. As we mourn the victims of the March 16 shootings in the Atlanta area, the National Union of Healthcare Workers is committed to reinforcing our efforts as […]
March 18th, 2021
Press release: Dolores Huerta endorses healthcare worker-led anti-recall campaign
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 18, 2021 Contact: Matthew Artz, martz@nuhw.org, 510-435-8035 EMERYVILLE, Calif. — Labor icon Dolores Huerta is joining the healthcare worker-led campaign against the attempted right-wing Republican recall of Gov. Gavin Newsom. “We can’t forget how the last recall brought us a governor who used ballot measures to attack the rights of workers […]