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Hospice and home health organizing: Nurses and patients deserve better!

Over the past two years, NUHW’s growing representation of nurses has been unfolding in an important but often overlooked setting: patients’ homes. We have welcomed RNs, LVNs, and NPs into ...

News of the Month – December 2023

Read our roundup of the latest labor and healthcare news from top media outlets.

Workers at Aspen nursing homes fight hard for new contracts

More than 200 caregivers at three Sacramento-area nursing homes averted severe takeaways in tough negotiations with a new operator.

Seton workers picket over cuts to services and health benefits

Having successfully fought to keep their community hospital open through two bankruptcies, NUHW members are now confronting a new owner that is slashing patient care services and worker healthcare benefits.

NUHW nurses save the day at fundraiser

NUHW nurses save the day at fundraiser.

Sutter workers hold first ever strike

Fed up with severe understaffing and 18 months of fruitless contract negotiations, nearly 150 NUHW members held a one-day strike December 6 at the Sutter Center for Psychiatry in Sacramento.

Orange County Supervisors call on Kaiser to reverse cuts

The Orange County Board of Supervisors became the first elected body to pass a resolution calling on Kaiser to reverse cuts that leave therapists in Southern California with even less ...

NUHW membership at USC tops 2,000 with organizing victories at Verdugo Hills Hospital

In a major victory for worker power throughout the Keck-USC healthcare system, nearly 400 workers voted to join NUHW in December.

NUHW membership at USC tops 2,000 with organizing victories at Verdugo Hills Hospital

While NUHW-represented workers at Keck Medicine of USC have been winning strong contracts that improve wages and benefits, their counterparts at USC’s Verdugo Hills Hospital have faced lower pay, poorer ...

Orange County Supervisors call on Kaiser to reverse cuts

The campaign to make Kaiser Permanente reverse cuts that make it harder for therapists in Southern California to meet the needs of their patients gained momentum in December, as the ...

NUHW nurses save the day at fundraiser

Geneica Williams and Relicia Knox attended Alameda County Supervisor Nate Miley’s fundraiser in Oakland to show their support for the veteran lawmaker who supported their successful recent contract campaign. Then ...

Workers at Aspen nursing homes fight hard for new contracts

NUHW members at three Northern California nursing homes finalized contracts this month with a new operator that was intent on reversing gains workers had secured under the previous administration. The ...