In a major step toward groundbreaking reform of California’s healthcare financing and delivery system, the State Assembly this month passed SB 770 by a vote of 47-18. The universal healthcare ...

Homecare workers are fighting back against management’s demand to impose drastic changes to their working conditions. The approximately 85 medical social workers who provide hospice, palliative and rehabilitative care for ...

As we fight to preserve Patient Management Time (Indirect Patient Care Time) in Southern California, our victory in stopping Kaiser’s attempt to limit access to its Student Loan Repayment Program ...

The NUHW Executive Board recently approved $5,000 to help wildfire relief efforts on Maui. Fortunately, NUHW members did not work out of the Lahaina Medical Office that was destroyed in ...

Earlier this year, we reported the good news that a California appeals court had revived a class-action lawsuit by families of Kaiser Permanente mental health patients and published its ruling in ...

While Kaiser management in Northern California has mostly worked with us constructively following our 10-week strike last year, we are continuing to have to fight back against efforts by Kaiser ...

Inspired by his grandfather’s community organizing, Robert Rivas jumped into politics in his early 20s, starting with a role on the San Benito County Board of Supervisors.

On Sunday, October 8, at least two leading U.S. Senate candidates will be participating in a forum at our Leadership Conference, and every NUHW member will have the opportunity to watch and decide who ...

One of our most important victories in last year’s 10-week Northern California Kaiser mental health strike was the establishment of five labor-management Model of Care committees. Our recent experience with ...

On August 29, Healthy California Now, the state’s largest coalition of organizations supporting a single-payer, Medicare For All-style healthcare system, held a Lobby Day in Sacramento. NUHW had a large ...

Following his father’s example, Thomas Christian is outspoken in his advocacy for his co-workers.

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