March 10th, 2021
Press release: California’s largest progressive organization joins NUHW in campaign to fight right-wing recall
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 10, 2021 Contact: Matthew Artz, martz@nuhw.org, 510-435-8035 Angela Chavez, press@couragecampaign.org EMERYVILLE, Calif. — Courage California is joining with the National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) to organize voters against the Republican-led recall of Gov. Gavin Newsom. Courage California is a multi-issue progressive organization that organizes communities in-state and nationwide to fight […]
March 8th, 2021
President Biden praises unions
On February 28, as workers at an Amazon plant in Bessemer, Alabama continued voting whether to form a union, President Biden released a 2 ½-minute video extolling the importance of unions and giving a full-throated endorsement of a worker’s right to collectively bargain. Biden’s statement not only shows that he is on the side of […]
March 5th, 2021
2021 could be a big year for labor unions
In cities across the U.S., and between the walls of some of the world’s largest enterprises, there is a swelling of union organizing activity that has been propelled by the pandemic and the recession. Read more at CNN.
February 24th, 2021
FEBRUARY 2021 PULSE
In February, NUHW members recouped more than $500,000 in unpaid wages from Kaiser, in Northern California, participated in a podcast highlighting Kaiser’s failure to provide timely access to mental health care, volunteered for or allies running in two special elections, won 3 percent raises at California Pacific Medical Center, opposed the recall of Governor Newsom, and […]
February 24th, 2021
News of the Month — February 2021
Note: Some of these stories may require a subscription. Cal/OSHA continues to aggressively issue citations to employers for COVID-19–related violations, which may provide leverage to labor unions and their members, especially healthcare workers. Providence St. Joseph is retaliating against Hoag Hospital in Newport Beach after the hospital’s trustees decided to break away from Providence. “The […]