November 30th, 2020
A big win on COVID testing
After months of rallies, protests and high-level communications with state leaders, NUHW members have won our fight for comprehensive COVID-19 testing requirements covering acute care hospitals. Last Wednesday, the California Department of Public Health issued the nation’s first regulations mandating weekly COVID-19 testing for acute care hospital workers. Under these rules, hospitals will be required […]
November 23rd, 2020
Workers call for stronger COVID protections, end to subcontracting at press conference
Workers from Los Alamitos Medical Center and Lakewood Medical Center joined their colleagues at Fountain Valley Regional Hospital to launch a unity campaign pushing for stronger Covid safeguards at all three hospitals as well as fair treatment for dietary and EVS workers whose jobs are subcontracted to a company that pays poverty wages. The workers […]
November 19th, 2020
Remembering Antonio Orea, a champion for working people
On November 17, we lost a dedicated staff leader and beloved member of our NUHW family to COVID-19. Antonio Orea lived an exemplary life. He grew up in Mexico, journeyed across the border at age 16, worked in a sweatshop, took classes, became a U.S. citizen, and devoted his life to helping people earn a […]
November 19th, 2020
NOVEMBER 2020 PULSE
In November, NUHW members accomplished our goal of dramatically expanding COVID-testing for workers and patients at acute care hospitals throughout California, launched a campaign to end subcontracting and improve COVID-19 protections at Tenet Healthcare hospitals, approved a new contract at Seton Medical Center and Seton Coastside, and helped elect pro-worker candidates in the general election. […]
November 19th, 2020
News of the Month — November 2020
Union leaders are hoping to influence Joe Biden’s pick for Labor secretary — but they’re increasingly at odds over who should get the job. Meanwhile, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders has said he would accept the job if Biden offered it to him. President-Elect Biden has said he will remove barriers to union membership. In 2018, […]