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New videos from our Jan 31 strike at Kaiser

nuhw — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:38:20 +0000

In These Times: Our Kaiser Strike

nuhw — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:24:11 +0000

Weekly Workers’ Roundup: Bay Area Nurses Walk Out, Puget Sound Truck Drivers Protest

by: Patrick Glennon, Working In These Times

In the news: KPFA editorial about our Kaiser Strike

nuhw — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:16:38 +0000

WorkWeekRadio editorial documents our Kaiser Strike.

More coverage of our historic statewide strike at Kaiser

nuhw — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:55:06 +0000

CBS San Francisco

KCAL Los Angeles

Coverage of Kaiser strike in San Diego

nuhw — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:33:13 +0000

CBS San Diego

Press coverage of our Jan 31 Kaiser Strike

nuhw — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:09:05 +0000

ABC Sacramento

San Jose Mercury News (Photo Essay )

ABC Fresno

Washington Post, 89.3 KPCC (Audio), Marin Journal, the California Report (Audio) . KFOR (Video) FOX40 Sacramento (Video)

Kaiser Fontana: San Bernadino and Inland Empire Sun

Union VP blasts SVMH pensions as 'outrageous'

nuhw — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:15:00 +0000

Andy Stiny, Salinas Californian
Jan 31, 2012

The vice-president of the union representing about 750 Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital workers is blasting the hospital administration after the release of information showing two hospital executives received one-time supplemental pension payouts of over $1 million and three others received lesser amounts.

“It’s the same concerns we raised around Sam Downing’s (retired hospital CEO) pension,” said John Borsos, vice-president of the National Union of Healthcare Workers.

Downing retired from the hospital in April with almost $4 million in supplemental retirement benefits and a regular pension of $150,000 a year. That pension scheme was stopped by the hospital board in December.

Our Jan 31 Kaiser strike

nuhw — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:44:16 +0000

Here are times and locations for our January 31 strike at Kaiser Permanente, as well as important information to share with your co-workers, including information about the right to sympathy strike.

Leaflets and Important Information:

Join us on the Picket Line! [English][Espanol]

Kaiser is having a Panic Attack! [Leaflet]

17,000 CNA Nurses will be united with us [Leaflet]

Questions and Answers about our Statewide Strike [English] [Espanol]

Legal memo on the right to sympathy strike [Legal Memo]

Photos from our September 22nd Strike:

Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital workers win contract, Seton Medical Center workers file to join NUHW

nuhw — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 06:04:32 +0000

We want to report to you that today 750 NUHW members at Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital are celebrating winning a new contract with no concessions and wage increases of 3.25% to 18.25%.

Our struggle to win our contract at Salinas wasn’t easy. First we had to fight to leave SEIU and the layoffs that SEIU had agreed to. Then we fought a one-year battle to win a fair contract, including a one-day strike at our hospital (the first-ever strike at SVMH) and picketing the homes and businesses of the Hospital’s Board of Directors.

At the end of the day, we won the contract we deserve in Salinas because in NUHW workers control our union and are united to win the best contracts and secure the strongest union representation.

Important news from Seton Medical Center

Today, we are also proud to report important news from the Daughters of Charity Health System. 650 workers at our hospital, Seton Medical Center in Daly City, petitioned the labor board yesterday for an election to leave SEIU and to join NUHW.

When we see the powerful steward councils, the effective representation, the transparent bargaining and the contract victories won by workers in NUHW, the contrast with our current union, SEIU-UHW, is clear.

At Seton Medical Center, SEIU-UHW agreed to a contract with takeaways that weakened our health benefits and job security. As a result, more than 100 of our co-workers were laid off. Representation at our hospital has also suffered. Under SEIU-UHW, calls aren’t returned, grievances aren’t filed, and, time and again, when there are issues in our workplace, management has the upper hand.

We’re petitioning to leave SEIU and join NUHW at Seton Medical Center because after seeing all that workers have won at Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital, we know there’s a better way.

As members of NUHW, we will win the contract and representation that we deserve.

Sincerely,
Suad Husary, Respiratory Therapist, Seton Medical Center
Ernesto Gonzales, Food Service Department, Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital
National Union of Healthcare Workers

PS. Please follow this link for important information, including picket line times and locations, about our brothers and sisters in NUHW who will be on strike this Tuesday, Jan 31 at Kaiser Permanente.

NUHW workers picket Kaiser President Bernard Tyson in San Francisco

nuhw — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:42:19 +0000

Chanting “Kaiser profits THRIVING—Worker Benefits DIVING!” more than 50 workers picketed Kaiser President Bernard Tyson outside Embarcadaro Plaza in San Francisco last night. Read more about the workers’ protest here!