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Member profile: Agustin Martinez

The medical assistant and shop steward at Mission Neighborhood Health Center says being part of a union makes him feel secure and supported.

Homecare workers picket in Santa Cruz

NUHW-represented rehabilitation specialists who drive throughout Santa Cruz County treating patients in their homes picketed this month outside a Sutter Health office to demand a fair contract that pays them ...

More USC workers vote to join NUHW

Perseverance paid off for 19 workers at USC Engemann Student Health Center who voted this month to join more than 2,000 of their colleagues as NUHW members. The workers, who ...

Sutter workers strike again in Sacramento with Dolores Huerta in attendance

Kenisha Campbell does just about everything one can do at the Sutter Center for Psychiatry, a 73-bed psychiatric hospital in her hometown of Sacramento. As a unit secretary and patient ...

Marin workers hold first strike since 2019

While MarinHealth Medical Center has netted strong operating profits in recent years, its 107 medical technicians, who operate critical equipment like X-ray and MRI machines and prepare medications, have been ...

Assembly advances NUHW-sponsored legislation

NUHW took another major step toward improving access to mental healthcare in California this month when the State Assembly Health Committee passed two NUHW-sponsored bills, AB 3221 and AB 3260. ...

Stephanie “PJ” Philpott-Jones

PJ Philpott-Jones was drawn to behavioral health after seeing the unmet need for mental healthcare in her high school.

Rian Dixon

Rian Dixon was drawn to a career in behavioral health after seeing how a family member was helped by therapy.

Sarah Soroken

Sarah Soroken is fighting to bring about changes to our dysfunctional mental health system.

Sara Thorson

Therapist Sara Thorsen believes that helping individuals heal can have a larger societal benefit.

Corrine Sako

Psychologist Corrine Sako participates in NUHW through legislative advocacy and solidarity actions.

Alexis Montoya

Behavior Analyst Alexis Montoya has always been captivated by the “why” of human behavior.