June 15th, 2016
KQED’s Forum discusses mental health parity, NUHW’s Kaiser struggle
KQED, San Francisco’s public radio station, devoted its June 10 Forum program to the issue of mental health parity. One of the featured guests was KQED reporter April Dembosky, who has extensively covered NUHW members’ long struggle to bring Kaiser Permanente’s mental health services into compliance with state and federal mental health parity laws. Dembosky […]
June 9th, 2016
Strike averted at Santa Rosa Memorial, Petaluma Valley hospitals
Caregivers win significant patient care improvements in tentative agreement reached between NUHW members, St. Joseph Health System SONOMA COUNTY — A costly one-day strike set for Thursday, June 9, was averted Wednesday when Santa Rosa Memorial and Petaluma Valley caregivers reached a tentative agreement with St. Joseph Health System on several issues that would significantly […]
May 27th, 2016
800 St. Joseph Sonoma County healthcare workers will strike Thursday, June 9
Caregivers at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital and Petaluma Valley Hospital protest understaffing, low wages, drastic cuts to benefits St. Joseph has enjoyed unprecedented profits while racking up deficiencies in patient care SONOMA COUNTY — Caregivers at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital and Petaluma Valley Hospital will hold a one-day strike Thursday, June 9, to protest St. […]
May 26th, 2016
Video: Kaiser mental health clinicians honored with United in Courage Award
Courage Campaign, an online advocacy organization with more than 1.3 million members, honored NUHW-represented Kaiser mental health clinicians with the 2016 United in Courage Award May 10, 2016, at the Citizen Hotel in Sacramento. Former state Senate President Darrell Steinberg, a prominent advocate for mental health care, presented the award, which was accepted on behalf […]
May 26th, 2016
600 Fountain Valley Regional Medical Center caregivers join NUHW
FOUNTAIN VALLEY, CALIF. — Nearly six hundred healthcare workers at Fountain Valley Regional Medical Center, the largest for-profit hospital in Orange County, voted 77% to join the National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) in a union election conducted by the National Labor Relations Board on May 24 and May 25. With this week’s election, more […]