August 27th, 2020
Petaluma Valley members organize for COVID-19 safeguards
NUHW members at Petaluma Valley Hospital work on the frontlines of the COVID-19 crisis. Over the summer, COVID-19 case counts rose throughout Sonoma County and in the hospital. At the same time, the number of workplace exposures grew and staffing got worse. The hospital wasn’t testing staff who got exposed and seemed to be doing […]
August 27th, 2020
Kindred Westminster agrees to monthly COVID-19 testing
NUHW members at Kindred Westminster won a major victory this month, pressuring their employer to implement major infection control protocols shortly before a planned protest outside the hospital. Kindred Westminster members overwhelmingly approved an agreement that includes: Monthly COVID-19 testing for all workers N95 masks for all hospital employees Hazard pay for workers serving COVID-19 […]
August 27th, 2020
NUHW President Sal Rosselli makes case for more COVID-19 testing
NUHW President Sal Rosselli wrote an op-ed for the Sacramento Bee calling on state leaders to mandate regular COVID-19 testing for all healthcare workers working at hospitals, correctional facilities and home health agencies. Our proposal also requires initial testing for patients and testing for all workers exposed to the coronavirus. Read the op-ed.
August 26th, 2020
News of the Month — August 2020
The website CounterPunch published an article about NUHW’s advocacy for COVID-19 safety protocols. While most hospitals still refuse to test workers for COVID-19, San Francisco International Airport (SFO) will become the first U.S. airport to provide free on-site rapid coronavirus testing for its employees. While Providence St. Joseph tries to quickly purchase two public hospitals […]
August 24th, 2020
Their heroes and ours: California’s healthcare crisis
by Cal Winslow This essay was published in Counterpunch and BeyondChron Patients and visitors to Sutter Health’s shiny new hospital in Santa Rosa, Calif., are greeted with large banners, “Heroes Work Here.” This no doubt is true. At Kaiser Permanente’s hospitals we learn much the same, the giant HMO has awarded itself Five Stars for […]