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Member profile: Shantel Nieves

  • April 22, 2025
USC Call Center Scheduler says negotiating her first union contract showed her the power of a union.
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News of the Month – April 2025

  • April 22, 2025
Read our roundup of the latest labor and healthcare news from top media outlets.
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Workers hone their leadership skills in NUHW Steward Training

  • April 22, 2025
The recent session in Sacramento, which included a visit from the capital city’s mayor, helped equip workers with the tools to build power in the workplace.
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Workers at Healdsburg Hospital vote overwhelmingly to join NUHW

  • April 22, 2025
NUHW now represents workers at all six Providence hospitals in Northern California and more than 4,300 Providence employees statewide.
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NUHW members at Children’s Hospital Oakland rally against phony “integration” plan

  • April 22, 2025
By folding Children’s Hospital Oakland into UCSF Health, the university would force NUHW members into different unions with contracts that would result in significantly less take-home pay.
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NUHW members picket low-paying Orange County hospital

  • April 22, 2025
Workers are fighting for fair wages to improve care and end rampant turnover at West Anaheim Medical Center, which racked up more than double the statewide average in patient complaints and state citations.
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After hunger strike, Kaiser workers address Bernie Sanders/Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez rally

  • April 22, 2025
Now in their seventh month on strike, Kaiser mental health workers are continuing to escalate their fight for a fair contract and mental health parity at California’s largest HMO.
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Caregivers to Picket Prime Healthcare’s West Anaheim Medical Center Tuesday seeking fair salaries to improve care and end rampant turnover

  • April 21, 2025
Frontline caregivers at Prime Healthcare’s West Anaheim Medical Center will hold a midday picket line on Tuesday, April 22 to inform community members how the hospital’s below market wages are forcing an exodus of caregivers, compromising patient care.
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Kaiser Mental Health Care Strike: April 18, 2025

  • April 19, 2025
Everyone is welcomed to participate this Saturday in an 8-mile walk, completely organized by strikers, to further demonstrate our resolve to win a fair contract. So far, about three dozen workers have signed up for the walk
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Kaiser Mental Health Care Strike: April 14, 2025

  • April 15, 2025
We had a great presence at Saturday's Bernie Sanders / Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Fighting Oligarchy rally in Los Angeles. 
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Kaiser Mental Health Care Strike: April 11, 2025

  • April 12, 2025
Our eight fellow workers ended their hunger strike this evening with colleagues and clergy by their side. Over the past five days, they have demonstrated their resolve to make Kaiser finally treat behavioral health care – and those who provide and receive it – with dignity and respect.
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Negotiations to resume next week in Kaiser Permanente mental health strike

  • April 11, 2025
Eight mental health workers will end their five-day hunger strike at 6 p.m. this evening outside the Kaiser Los Angeles Medical Center with clergy and supporters at their side.
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