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Kaiser strike in Hawai’i now in sixth month

In one of the strongest showings of political support for striking mental health therapists in Hawai’i, U.S Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI) and six of her Senate Colleagues sent a letter ...

Workers at Sutter Care at Home Sacramento Hospice vote to join NUHW

Registered nurses and healthcare workers who are part of Sutter Care at Home’s Sacramento Hospice held strong despite an intense anti-union campaign and voted to join NUHW on January 17. ...

NUHW Tarzana members approve new contract with big raises

Asia Gardner was all smiles after voting to approve the new NUHW contract at Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center. The nursing assistant at the Mother/Baby unit is getting an 18 ...

NUHW members picket UCSF Children’s Hospital Oakland, seeking to keep care in East Bay

UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland has been named among the 12 best childrens’ hospitals in the United States — but will it remain that way? The hospital’s 1,200 NUHW members, ...

Natalie Rogers: “I like to be a voice for the voiceless”

Whether she’s helping a patient in the ER, leading coworkers at the picket line, or pushing for affordable housing in the Santa Rosa City Council chambers, NUHW member Natalie Rogers ...

Find out how much you’d save with Medicare for All

The Sacramento Bee recently ran a commentary about a tool designed by Healthy California Now and NUHW letting Californians calculate how much money they’d save if the state adopted a ...

Caregivers at Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Ratify Contract With Big Raises to Address Understaffing

After seven months of negotiations, nearly 600 workers at Providence Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Tarzana have ratified a four-year contract that will boost wages by an average 40 percent.

NUHW members to picket Children’s Hospital Oakland on Jan. 25

“It’s a bridge too far.” UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland Caregivers Joined by Parents and Community Leaders Seek Guarantee that Care for Kids Remains in the East Bay as UCSF ...

Left: Derrick Palmer wearing blue shirt and black pants in a handshake with Christian Smalls on the right wearing black pants, red/black/yellow jacket with a black New York yankees hat and sunglasses.

Derrick Palmer & Christian Smalls

Christian Smalls and Derrick Palmer led a worker revolution at Amazon and ignited a nationwide wave of new organizing despite Amazon’s $4 million investment in union-busting tactics and attempts to ...

Recalling NUHW’s strike to make Kaiser honor MLK Day

For the first time since Martin Luther King Jr. Day became a federal holiday in 1986, Kaiser Permanente will honor the King Holiday as a paid holiday this year for ...

NUHW receives record new organizing inquiries in 2022

In a year that saw support for unions continue to rise, NUHW experienced strong growth and unprecedented interest from healthcare workers interested in unionizing. NUHW organized more caregivers in 2022 ...

More USC and West Anaheim Medical Center workers join NUHW

December proved to be another strong month for new organizing with nearly 200 workers at West Anaheim Medical Center and the University of Southern California voting to join NUHW. At ...