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Robust new contracts for Kaiser Health Care professionals boost patient safety

Robust new contracts for Kaiser Health Care professionals boost patient safety

LOS ANGELES — UNAC/UHCP health care professionals in California and Hawaii have ratified new contracts with Kaiser Permanente. Workers voted to approve the agreements this month following several months of negotiations, which included multiple strikes.

AFSCME Nevada state workers show congressman how they support the most vulnerable

AFSCME Nevada state workers show congressman how they support the most vulnerable

LAS VEGAS – At the Nevada Division of Welfare and Supportive Services (DWSS) office in West Las Vegas, people file through the front doors every day seeking relief. 

As Kaiser strike enters fourth week, UNAC/UHCP members hold the line for patient care

As Kaiser strike enters fourth week, UNAC/UHCP members hold the line for patient care

More than 31,000 nurses and health care professionals across California and Hawaii entered their fourth week of an unfair labor practice strike against Kaiser Permanente. 

Health care and social workers are professionals, period. Tell the Department of Education.

Health care and social workers are professionals, period. Tell the Department of Education.

Higher education is already too expensive, and now a new rule by the U.S. Department of Education would exclude nurses, social workers and public health workers from being considered “professionals.”  

From organizing to outcomes: San Antonio local builds power to strengthen their city

From organizing to outcomes: San Antonio local builds power to strengthen their city

City workers in San Antonio won a major victory this year when they secured a budget that will allow them to continue to serve the city they love, despite facing a cost-of-living crisis.