National Union of Healthcare Workers

For the first time in my lifetime we’re seeing the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Medicare leadership, members of Congress and the Biden administration talking about mental health care.

"The National Union of Healthcare Workers was first out of the gate with an anti-recall committee."

Victory! NUHW members at Kindred Hospital San Diego have approved a 1-year contract with wage increases for full- and part-time workers!

BREAKING: SB221, a landmark mental health bill, has passed the CA senate 31-7! The bill require HMOs and health insurers to provide mental health therapy appointments within 10 business days. On to better health for California! https://nuhw.org/california-senate-passes-nuhw-sponsored-m/

We don’t want to strike, but we’ve been through too much to let USC cut our benefits, put our safety at risk or prevent us from speaking out and advocating for our patients. - April Henriquez, NUHW member & assistant coordinator at Keck Medicine of USC