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 […]
July 28th, 2020
Member perspective: Santa Rosa Memorial x-ray tech Tammie Cambell on the one-week strike
Tammie Campbell, an X-ray technologist at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, wrote an article for Labor Notes about striking during the pandemic. The article gives perspective for workers and organizers across the country, who may also have to strike to fight takeaways during the pandemic.
July 28th, 2020
Santa Rosa Memorial workers stage biggest strike since pandemic’s onset
More than 700 NUHW members, including respiratory therapists, housekeepers, dietary workers, nursing assistants, and medical technicians, held a five-day strike at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital in July. Despite generating huge profits for its corporate parent, Providence St. Joseph Health, executives at the 338-bed regional trauma center are demanding that workers accept sharp cuts to accrued […]
July 27th, 2020
NUHW joins campaign to shut down disinformation and hate speech on Facebook
We are proud to join more than 100 organizations from around the world in demanding that Facebook address the disinformation, hate speech, and abusive conduct on its platform. By signing on to the Stop the Hate for Profit Campaign, NUHW pledged to withhold advertising on Facebook and Instagram, which is owned by Facebook, until the […]