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NUHW expands presence at Keck-USC healthcare system

  • May 30, 2023
Nearly two dozen workers at the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center voted to join more than 1,700 of their Keck-USC colleagues as NUHW members.
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Kindred San Diego workers ratify contract with 26 percent average wage increases

  • May 30, 2023
New agreement includes the highest wage scale of any Kindred hospital in Southern California.
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Fighting to save birthing services in Petaluma

  • May 30, 2023
Chanting “Keep OB Open,” dozens of workers protested the closure of Petaluma Valley Hospital’s birthing center and vowed to continue fighting to reopen it.
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UCSF Children’s Hospital Oakland workers authorize second strike

  • May 30, 2023
More than 1,300 NUHW members are preparing for a potential three-day strike after UCSF refused to make movement in contract negotiations following a one-day strike in April.
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Mental health patients now have legal precedent on their side

  • May 30, 2023
In a unanimous ruling, an appeals court revived a class-action lawsuit by families of Kaiser Permanente patients who claim they or their loved ones did not receive adequate mental health care. The ruling is now legal precedent in California.
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State Senate passes NUHW-backed bill to put California on pathway to guaranteed healthcare

  • May 30, 2023
SB 770 aims to make California the first state to guarantee its residents a standard set of comprehensive, high quality health benefits.
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Member Profile: Marlene Castro

  • April 30, 2023
The highly-respected Seton Medical Center social worker and case manager helped her colleagues secure their first contract.
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Historic LGBTQ+ organization honors NUHW

  • April 30, 2023
NUHW was named Organization of the Year by the Stonewall Democratic Club, the largest LGBTQ+, feminist, and progressive political advocacy organization in Southern California.
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Workers at Rogers Mental Health Clinic and Wellpath Santa Cruz jail vote to join NUHW

  • April 30, 2023
The newest NUHW members want to improve care for their patients, while securing fair wages and better working conditions.
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State Senate advances NUHW-sponsored healthcare reform bill

  • April 30, 2023
SB 770 would set California on a path to becoming the first U.S. state to create a healthcare system in which no resident is denied care based on age, employment, disability, income, immigration status, or any other characteristic.
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NUHW continues growth at Keck-USC

  • April 30, 2023
Workers at the USC Downtown Clinic overwhelmingly voted to join NUHW, while our union's more than 1,700 members at Keck-USC helped their colleagues beat back the university's attempt to deny raises to new NUHW members at the Roski Eye Institute.
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NUHW members hold largest-ever strike at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland

  • April 30, 2023
Since a 2014 affiliation agreement put UCSF Health in control of the non-profit 223-bed Oakland hospital and satellite clinics, NUHW members and their colleagues have repeatedly raised concerns about UCSF under-resourcing care in the East Bay.
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