February 1st, 2021
JANUARY 2021 PULSE
In January, NUHW members won COVID-19 bonuses and protections at several facilities, settled contracts at the San Rafael Healthcare and Wellness Center and the Los Angeles LGBT Center, and began working to pass SB 221, a bill that would force insurers to provide timely return mental health appointments. Please read the stories below, and be […]
January 29th, 2021
Nursing home workers win COVID concessions
After several rounds of negotiations, NUHW members at SF Post Acute won an agreement this month to provide additional COVID-related safety and economic improvements. Under the agreement, the nursing home will provide an additional 80 hours per week of paid sick leave through March 31 for workers who contract COVID-19, are subject to a COVID-related […]
January 29th, 2021
NUHW members win contract at Marin nursing home
NUHW members at the San Rafael Healthcare and Wellness Center reached a tentative agreement this month on a new three-year contract that will boost wages by 8 percent. The contract includes a 3 percent raise starting Feb. 1, 2020 for workers who have been at the home for at least 120 days and 2.5 percent […]
January 27th, 2021
NUHW sponsors new mental health reform legislation
NUHW has teamed up with State Sen. Scott Wiener on a new bill that would require insurance companies to provide patients with return mental health and substance use disorder treatment appointments within 10 business days, unless their clinician believes a longer gap is appropriate. SB 221 would close a loophole that requires health plans, such […]
January 26th, 2021
Biden presidency already helping workers
NUHW members were among thousands of union workers who worked to elect Joe Biden last year. And, President Biden wasted no time in showing that he truly is a friend to working people. One his first day in office, Biden fired Peter Robb, the Trump-appointed general counsel for the National Labor Relations Board, after Robb […]