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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, ...

Kindred Bay Area workers win better salaries and benefits

Kindred Bay Area workers win better salaries and benefits.

Historic settlement: Kaiser agrees to pay record fine, spend $150 million to improve mental health services

In a major victory for Kaiser therapists and patients, Kaiser acknowledged systemic failures in its mental healthcare system and committed to addressing them. The agreement settled two state investigations, one ...

Nearly 500 workers join NUHW in October

Approximately 470 workers at a major Providence hospital voted to join NUHW, while smaller groups workers at two facilities voted to join their colleagues as NUHW members.

Kindred San Diego workers strike for fair pay

Vanik Sarkissian, a lab scientist at Kindred Hospital San Diego, ended a three-day strike with his colleagues this month more determined than ever to win a fair contract from their ...

Nearly 500 workers join NUHW in October

October has been a “scary good” month for NUHW as nearly 500 healthcare workers, most of whom work at a major Providence hospital in Los Angeles voted to join our ...

Kindred Bay Area workers win better salaries and benefits

Workers at Kindred Bay Area Hospital in San Leandro voted in October to ratify a contract that will boost salaries while lowering health insurance premiums. The three-year agreement for more ...

Member Profile: Creight Fontentelle

Creight Fontenelle, a radiology tech at Keck Hospital for two decades, also served on the NUHW Executive Board.

Three-Day Strike Starts Today at Kindred Hospital San Diego

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, Oct. 23 Contact: Matthew Artz, 510-435-8035, martz@nuhw.org Francisco Castro, 213-500-9037, fcastro@nuhw.org Pharmacy and laboratory workers at Kindred Hospital San Diego will begin a three-day strike today, ...

Nearly 500 healthcare workers at LA’s Providence San Pedro Hospital vote to join NUHW

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, Oct. 19 Contact: Matthew Artz, 510-435-8035, martz@nuhw.org Francisco Castro, 213-500-9037, fcastro@nuhw.org SAN PEDRO, Calif. — Southern California’s Hot Labor Summer is extending into fall with nearly ...

Historic settlement: Kaiser agrees to pay record fine, spend $150 million to improve mental health services

After 13 years of struggle and sacrifice by NUHW-represented mental health therapists, Kaiser Permanente has finally committed to fixing its behavioral healthcare system. On Thursday, October 12, Kaiser agreed to ...

Press Release: NUHW members vote to endorse Katie Porter for U.S. Senate

Statewide Vote by Key California Union Delivers Senatorial Endorsement to Rep. Katie Porter Members of the National Union of Healthcare Workers from across California voted to endorse the progressive congresswoman ...