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Member profile: Shannon Signer

Shannon Signer, a radiology tech in Santa Rosa, was inspired to become a union steward to help deal with a bullying manager.

NUHW members get Fountain Valley Regional Hospital cited for inadequate care

The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has cited Fountain Valley Regional Hospital for multiple patient safety violations following an investigation into 248 complaints filed by NUHW members. In a ...

How NUHW members won a great contract at Providence Tarzana

What a difference five years can make. In 2018, NUHW members at Providence Cedars Sinai Tarzana Medical Center ratified a four-year contract that wasn’t bad, but didn’t come close enough ...

NUHW members at Elk Grove Unified School District win big raises

NUHW members at Elk Grove Unified School District unanimously approved a one-year contract extension that will raise wages by more than 10 percent. The agreement, which expires June 30, 2024, ...

Fountain Valley NUHW members honored at economic justice gala

A leading Southern California economic justice organization honored NUHW members at its annual awards ceremony for winning a contract that will improve medical care for Orange County residents. Clergy and ...

NUHW on leading edge of fight to preserve charity care

by Sal Rosselli NUHW President In five decades of leading healthcare worker unions, one of the most troubling changes I’ve seen has been the transformation of “non-profit” Catholic hospitals from ...

National Patient Safety Awareness Week

Patient Safety a Top Priority for NUHW Members

One of the primary reasons more than 16,000 members working on the front lines of healthcare have unionized with NUHW is to advocate for better standards of patient care and ...

Member Profile: Lucy Cisneros

Petaluma Valley Hospital ultrasound tech brings her fighting spirit from the tennis court to her Providence (St. Joseph) hospital.

Mental health therapists at Kaiser Permanente in Hawaii ratify contract ending 172-day strike

The three-year agreement preserves pensions and includes guaranteed raises without which Kaiser stood to lose even more therapists, resulting in even longer appointment wait times for patients.

NUHW members help lead fight to save acclaimed birthing center

With Providence (St. Joseph Health) seeking to close the birthing center at Petaluma Valley Hospital in violation of its purchase agreement, caregivers are joining forces with community leaders to save ...

Providence St. Joseph Health hospice workers join NUHW

Fighting to preserve their patient-first principles amid layoffs and cutbacks, the Sonoma County workers united behind the organizing drive.

Newly unionized Sutter caregivers win fight for merit raises

Sutter halted merit raises after workers voted to join NUHW, but workers stayed united, fought back and settled a complaint requiring that Sutter restore the raises with interest.