Not only is Kaiser still under state monitoring, it’s now trying to set the stage to lay off therapists, push patients into AI-based therapies and further outsource care.| NUHW
After more than 40 years as a housekeeper at Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center Torrance, Dolores is fighting for a first union contract that will provide fair wages for herself and her coworkers.| NUHW
Following a candidate forum at NUHW's Frontlines Leadership Conference in Los Angeles, NUHW members voted to endorse Porter, a progressive former congresswoman from Orange County. Former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra finished second.| NUHW
The California Department of Public Health is investigating the San Leandro-based facility after workers compiled more than 100 pages of documentation showing instances when the hospital put patients at risk by failing to staff a sufficient number of nurses, nursing assistants, and respiratory therapists.| NUHW
After winning groundbreaking patient care improvements over the past decade, NUHW-represented therapists at Kaiser Permanente in Northern California are back at the bargaining table, preparing to stop Kaiser from both reversing their progress and opening the door to potential layoffs.| NUHW
More than 100 caregivers in Santa Rosa and Petaluma held their first-ever strike, demanding a contract that protects patient care standards before Providence turns over the operation of the hospices to a private equity-owned company.| NUHW
Read our roundup of the latest labor and healthcare news from top media outlets.| NUHW
Agreements at five Providence hospitals across Northern California include substantial raises, lower healthcare premiums, and provisions that make it harder for Providence to cut local services.| NUHW
Striking hospital workers travel to San Francisco today for hearing on temporary injunction that would stop UCSF from canceling union contracts and pushing long-tenured caregivers out of Oakland.| NUHW
Strike lines continue this week with hearing scheduled Thursday on workers’ motion to stop UCSF from canceling union contracts and cutting take-home pay.| NUHW
