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After winning contract, NUHW members take concerns to county sheriff

NUHW members who provide health care at Santa Rita Jail in Alameda County took a big step in November toward addressing long-standing issues at the jail that have resulted in ...

Member profile: Humberto Retana

Humberto Retana is a marriage and family therapist who got involved with his union to support his coworkers and “stay close to the action.”

More hospice workers vote to join NUHW

For the past few years, workers at Hospice East Bay have had to contend with ever increasing caseloads, impacting the quality of care they can provide to their homebound clients. ...

NUHW continues growth at Keck-USC Health System

Workers at the USC Spine Center, an ambulatory clinic that treats a wide range of back and neck conditions, are the latest workers from the Keck-USC Medical Health System to ...

Statement on violence in Palestine and Israel

With the tragic events continuing to unfold in Palestine and Israel, we cannot ignore the civilian deaths or the impact this conflict is having on so many NUHW members. As ...

Sutter workers picket psych hospital, authorize strike

With TV news cameras rolling, workers at the Sutter Center for Psychiatry began a pre-dawn informational picket to let the public know that Sutter Health has been denying them a ...

Workers to picket Sutter psychiatric hospital in Sacramento

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, Nov. 7 Contact: Matthew Artz, martz@nuhw.org, 510-435-8035 Picket lines will be held Wednesday, Nov. 8 from 6 to 8:30 a.m. and 2 to 4 p.m. Workers ...

Member Profile: Creight Fontenelle

Creight and his nearly 1,800 coworkers are gearing up to win the best contract ever at Keck USC.

NUHW endorses Katie Porter for U.S. Senate

The endorsement was decided by NUHW members who voted to endorse the Orange County congress member following a candidate forum during our Leadership Conference in Los Angeles.

News of the Month – October 2023

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

Kindred San Diego workers strike for fair pay

Approximately 20 pharmacy and laboratory workers held a three-day strike demanding wage increases on par with what their NUHW-represented colleagues recently won at the hospital.

Newsom signs NUHW-backed universal healthcare bill

NUHW helped spearhead the bill to move California farther along the path to a universal healthcare system through its leadership in Healthy California Now, the state’s largest coalition of single-payer, ...