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Seton professionals win long battle for better wages

After more than a year at the bargaining table, workers won 16 percent raises over three years.

Kindred workers in San Diego gain voluntary union recognition

With worker support for joining NUHW crystal clear, the hospital chain opted to recognize their union rather than to request a formal vote.

News of the Month – February 2023

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

Member profile: Lucy Cisneros

Ultrasound tech Lucy Cisneros was moved to become a union steward when she saw management violating scheduling protections in the union contract and taking advantage of workers.

Seton professionals win long battle for better wages

When nearly three dozen social workers, dietitians, care managers, speech pathologists, occupational therapists and physical therapists at Seton Medical Center joined NUHW in late 2021, they knew that bargaining wouldn’t ...

Kindred workers in San Diego gain voluntary union recognition

For years, pharmacists, pharmacy techs, and clinical lab scientists struggled to secure fair wages from Kindred San Diego while their unionized colleagues, including nurses, housekeepers and medical technicians, organized to ...

Greta Thunberg

Greta Thunberg

Greta Thunberg’s impact on the climate movement is irrefutable. Thunberg, through her actions, has garnered international attention for the severity of the climate crisis.

NUHW members help lead fight to save acclaimed birthing center

NUHW members at Petaluma Valley Hospital joined with their nurse colleagues on February 15 for a rally to save the hospital’s acclaimed birthing center from closure. After the rally, the ...

Mental health therapists at Kaiser Permanente in Hawai’i ratify contract ending 172-day strike

NUHW-represented mental health clinicians in Hawai’i ratified a three-year contract on February 19 that ended the longest mental health strike in U.S. history. For 172 days, the approximately 50 psychologists, ...

Kaiser Mental Health Therapists in Hawai’i Vote to Ratify Three-Year Contract after 172-day strike

The agreement provides raises and safeguards retirement benefits for therapists, but lacks additional measures therapists had sought to improve access to care  HONOLULU — After walking picket lines for nearly ...

Newly unionized Sutter caregivers win fight for merit raises

The first year Kit Ho joined Sutter Care at Home, San Francisco as a registered nurse, she didn’t qualify for the annual merit pay increase because she was too new ...

Unions can’t thrive without a well-funded National Labor Relations Board

Following a year of headline-making labor battles, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) received its first budget increase in nearly a decade. While the funding increase is welcome news, the ...