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Member profile: Kimberly Abalos

The respiratory care practitioner at Seton Medical Center fought alongside her coworkers to restore their health insurance plan, and helped win a strong contract that sets them up for ...

News of the Month – August 2025

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

Pharmacists at MarinHealth Medical Center win unfair discipline grievance

Management began disciplining pharmacists shortly after they unionized, but the workers got that discipline reduced or reversed through a successful class-action grievance.

NUHW’s organizing drives get red hot this summer

In five union elections over the past several weeks, more than 500 workers have voted to join NUHW, inspired by the victories current members have achieved in recent contract campaigns.

East Bay Hospice strike ramps up pressure on boss

Following the strike, which generated lots of local news coverage, Attorney General Rob Bonta put strict conditions on the hospice’s impending affiliation with an out-of-state nonprofit hospice chain.

Kaiser mental health workers call for ending “pause” on gender affirming surgeries

NUHW has long supported the right to gender affirming care and the principle that the government should not interfere in personal medical decisions.

Bay Area hospice workers to strike Tuesday

Workers at Hospice East Bay are fed up with a severe understaffing of nurses and frustrated that management is bargaining in bad faith and refusing to enshrine existing patient care ...

Member profile: Rosemary Vidal

Vidal, an intake admissions lead at Kindred Hospital Brea, knows that there is strength in numbers and is ready to bargain alongside her fellow NUHW members at Kindred Hospital Westminster.

Sanctuary Union/Political Update – July 2025

NUHW will hold a Town Hall on August 27 to discuss how President Trump’s initiatives impact healthcare workers and all Californians. Our union is also backing state legislation aimed at ...

Hospice workers strike Providence in Sonoma County

More than 100 caregivers in Santa Rosa and Petaluma held their first-ever strike, demanding a contract that protects patient care standards before Providence turns over the operation of the hospices ...

Petaluma nurses go public in fight to stop illegal shift cancellations

Nurses at Petaluma Valley Hospital, whose union is affiliated with NUHW, held a picket in July to inform the public that management has started illegally cancelling nursing shifts in violation ...

Elk Grove Unified School District members ratify new contract

The agreement will retroactively boost salaries by at least 4 percent over the next two school years.