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 […]
January 26th, 2021
Fountain Valley respiratory workers win COVID pay bonus
As COVID-19 cases surged in Southern California, respiratory therapists found themselves struggling to care for double or triple as many patients per shift. The caregivers worked through their breaks and did double shifts intent on doing everything they could to help patients and help their hospital get through the ongoing crisis. However, hospital management showed […]
January 26th, 2021
News of the Month — January 2021
Note: Some of these stories may require a subscription. An NUHW member in Humboldt County was quoted in this Associated Press story about virus hesitancy, explaining why she chose to get vaccinated. On his first day in office, President Joe Biden signed more than a dozen executive actions, some of which reverse decisions made by […]