November 19th, 2020
Members at Seton ratify one-year contract
NUHW members at Seton Medical Center and Seton Coastside have ratified a one-year contract with the hospital that prevents severe cuts sought by the hospital’s new owner. AHMC purchased Seton in bankruptcy court shortly after both hospitals were nearly shuttered. The new owner immediately sought takeaways from workers, but NUHW members held together and achieved […]
November 16th, 2020
Statement by NUHW president Sal Rosselli on urgent need for White House to address PPE shortages
For immediate release – November 17, 2020 Statement by Sal Rosselli, President of the National Union of Healthcare Workers, on Urgent need for White House to invoke Defense Production Act to address severe PPE shortages. If Trump won’t, Biden must on January 20. “We cannot properly serve our patients unless we are adequately supplied.” With COVID-19 infections […]
October 29th, 2020
OCTOBER 2020 PULSE
In October, NUHW created a relief fund for members affected by wildfires, while NUHW members marched on their hospital CEOs at three Tenet hopitals, rallied to save the Birthing Center at Petaluma Valley Hospital, and fought unjust layoffs at Children’s Hospital Oakland. Check out the stories below, and be sure to follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, too. […]
October 27th, 2020
News of the Month — October 2020
As Election Day looms, U.S. Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia, a cunning lawyer committed to dismantling regulation, is weakening one employee protection after another, The New Yorker reports. Gov. Newsom announced a framework for rolling out an eventual COVID-19 vaccine that gives priority to healthcare workers at risk of contracting the virus, according to the Los […]
October 27th, 2020
NUHW members fight layoffs at Children’s Hospital Oakland
When management at Children’s Hospital Oakland decided to layoff five NUHW members and cut hours for five more, they knew they would have to bargain over the impact of those cuts. But they couldn’t have expected that more than 60 NUHW members and allied registered nurses would participate in the first bargaining session to show […]