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NUHW further expands presence at Keck-USC healthcare system

Seeking the same job security and benefits as their NUHW colleagues, Pasadena Lab workers voted unanimously to unionize.

Workers get Penalty Pay extended at a major Providence hospital

After a year of paycheck errors that triggered a fierce response from stewards, NUHW members at Queen of the Valley Medical Center secured $250 in penalty pay for any future errors.

Complaint seeks to downgrade Kaiser’s accreditation status in Hawai’i

In filing complaint with Kaiser’s accreditation agency, NUHW cites HMO’s failure to meet the mental health staffing levels it had agreed to in its Corrective Action Plan.

Kaiser Model of Care Committees off to good start

In part due the mental health timely access law NUHW sponsored, Model of Care Committees in Northern California have made strong recommendations to increase access and reduce caseloads.

Poised to strike, workers win big raises at Anaheim hospital

NUHW’s newest members at West Anaheim Medical Center will receive average wage increases of 26 percent with some workers securing 61 percent raises over the next three years.

Workers get Penalty Pay extended at a major Providence hospital

When Providence switched payroll systems last year, NUHW members at Providence hospitals across Northern California immediately started seeing systemic payroll errors that cost them thousands of dollars. Workers fought back ...

NUHW expands presence at Keck-USC healthcare system

The NUHW family within the Keck-USC healthcare system continues to grow after workers at the Pasadena Lab voted unanimously to join over 1,700 of their USC colleagues as members of ...

Kaiser Model of Care Committees off to good start

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 ...

Complaint seeks to downgrade Kaiser’s accreditation status in Hawai’i

In a complaint filed earlier this month, NUHW requested that Kaiser Permanente’s accreditation status be downgraded to “provisional” in Hawai’i based on the HMO’s failure to meet the mental health ...

Member profile: Thomas Christian

Thomas Christian, a housekeeper at California Pacific Medical Canter, believes in speaking up when he sees something that isn’t right.

Poised to strike, workers win big raises at Anaheim hospital

Workers who joined their colleagues at West Anaheim Medical Center as NUHW members last year overwhelmingly approved their first union contract in August. The three-year agreement includes 26 percent average ...

Alex Padilla

The son of Mexican immigrants, Alex Padilla is the first Latino to represent California in the U.S. Senate.