August 19th, 2020
Op-ed: Professional athletes are getting coronavirus tests. Why aren’t healthcare workers?
This op-ed by NUHW President Sal Rosselli ran in the Sacramento Bee on Sunday, August 16, 2020. BY SAL ROSSELLI For the past five months, healthcare union leaders like me have been sounding the alarm about the appalling lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) for healthcare workers treating COVID-19 patients. But there’s one thing that’s […]
August 3rd, 2020
JULY 2020 PULSE
In July, NUHW members held the nation’s largest hospital strike since the pandemic’s onset, advocated for mental health care reforms, picketed against lax infection controls, and welcomed new members at Sonoma County Jail. NUHW also joined hundreds of organizations in demanding that Facebook take action against hate speech on its platform. Check out the stories below, and […]
July 28th, 2020
Kaiser workers continue advocacy for SB 855
NUHW-represented Kaiser clinicians are continuing to advocate for one of the most comprehensive mental health reform bills in recent years. In July, Susan Whitney, a therapist in Bakersfield, and Fereshteh Madjlessi, psychologist in Santa Rosa, participated in a Zoom call with a legislative aide for Assemblymember Adrin Nazarian, D-Los Angeles. The staffer said she would […]
July 28th, 2020
Kindred Westminster workers picket for stronger infection control measures
Workers at Kindred Hospital Westminster picketed outside the hospital on July 23 to demand immediate measures to protect them and their patients from further infection inside the 109-bed long-term care hospital. “We can’t stay silent while this hospital refuses to take common sense precautions to keep workers and patients safe,” said Paul Chang, a nurse […]