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Healthcare Workers to Picket Keck–USC Hospitals and Clinics, Wednesday, June 5

  • June 4, 2024
2,000 healthcare workers are protesting short-staffing, wage freezes, reductions in healthcare benefits, and Keck–USC’s union-busting tactics.
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Kaiser mental health professionals gear up for big contract fight

  • May 24, 2024
In the aftermath of a successful strike in Northern California, their counterparts in Southern California are uniting behind a platform to win similar gains.
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Member Profile: Benjamín Maldonado

  • May 24, 2024
Maldonado, a janitor at San Rafael Healthcare & Wellness Center, likes to organize teammates on the soccer field and at the workplace.
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MarinHealth workers win new contract after strike

  • May 24, 2024
The five-year agreement includes significantly bigger raises than management had offered before workers held their first work stoppage in more than five years.
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NUHW Lobby Day helps save critical patient care bill

  • May 22, 2024
On Mental Health Matters Day at the State Capitol, teams of NUHW members and staff met with dozens of lawmakers and their staffers to secure support for two NUHW-sponsored bills.
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Nursing home workers win better salaries and benefits

  • May 21, 2024
Long-tenured members at a Marin County nursing home will get 8 percent raises over the next two years in addition to bridge toll reimbursements and more bereavement leave.
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NUHW grows at Providence’s St. Joseph Eureka and Santa Rosa Memorial hospitals

  • May 21, 2024
More than 150 professionals at the two facilities voted this month to join their colleagues as NUHW members — giving NUHW more than 2,000 members at Providence facilities throughout Northern California.
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Corrine Sako advocates for patients and her fellow therapists

  • May 20, 2024
The Sacramento-based psychologist is a fierce mental health advocate who leads several initiatives to improve access to mental health care for many of Sacramento’s most vulnerable residents.
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Assemblymember Gail Pellerin takes a leading role in the fight for mental health parity

  • May 20, 2024
The first-term Assemblymember from Santa Cruz lost her husband to suicide. Now she’s joining with NUHW to help Californians access the care they need and make health plans provide it.
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Keck-USC workers refuse to be silenced

  • May 15, 2024
In a show of strength, nearly 2,000 NUHW members at Keck Medicine of USC, rallied against the university’s attempt to take away their benefits or their right to advocate for patients.
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San Diego Supervisors pass resolution backing Kaiser therapists

  • May 14, 2024
San Diego became the third county in the last six months to urge Kaiser to restore critical patient care time for mental health therapists in Southern California.
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Celebrating May Day in Los Angeles

  • May 11, 2024
More than 2,000 workers filled the streets of Hollywood, marching and chanting before the start of a rally that included remarks from NUHW member Elnora Oseguera.
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