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 […]
July 27th, 2020
Members at Fountain Valley advocate for COVID-19 protections
NUHW members from Fountain Valley Regional Hospital and Medical Center recently participated in a virtual roundtable with a representative from the office of U.S. Congresswoman Katie Porter (D-Irvine) to call attention to the lack of COVID-19 safety protocols at the Orange County hospital. Mailinh Nguyen, Joshua Jesus, and Mila Pham discussed issues at Fountain Valley […]
July 27th, 2020
Workers at Sonoma Jail vote to join NUHW
Approximately 70 workers at Sonoma County Jail, including nurses, nursing assistants, mental health professionals, and clerks, voted overwhelmingly to join NUHW. The election in Sonoma County followed a unanimous vote in May by nearly 100 Stanislaus County Jail healthcare workers to join NUHW. Healthcare workers at both jails are employed by Wellpath, one of the […]