June 18th, 2015
Healthcare workers call on Attorney General, state regulators to issue injunction to block California Hospital Association’s whistleblower gag clause
Healthcare workers call on Attorney General, state regulators to issue injunction to block California Hospital Association’s whistleblower gag clause Secret agreement with state’s largest healthcare labor union bars caregivers from reporting patient-care violations to government agencies, media Previously unreleased “Code of Conduct” has far-reaching ramifications for California healthcare consumers EMERYVILLE — The National Union of […]
June 9th, 2015
Lakewood workers ratify new contracts
EVS and Food Service workers at Lakewood Medical Center in Los Angeles County ratified new three-year contracts last week with Sodexo, a Lakewood contractor. Both bargaining units won wage increases and retroactive pay back to the expiration date of their previous contracts, improvements in attendance policies, more time to file grievances, more shop stewards, more […]
June 8th, 2015
Kaiser rewards complicit unions with “hush money,” retaliates against workers and advocates who expose violations of state law and poor patient care
Press release, June 8, 2015 Kaiser rewards complicit unions with “hush money,” retaliates against workers and their advocates who expose violations of state law and poor patient care EMERYVILLE — Over the weekend, California’s largest healthcare provider, Kaiser Permanente, settled a contract with unions that comprise its Labor–Management Partnership (LMP). The new agreement includes wage […]
June 4th, 2015
LaborNotes: Will Kaiser’s Labor Partnership Crack?
Earlier this04 week, LaborNotes posed the question: “Will Kaiser’s Labor Partnership Crack?” The Labor–Management Partnership has been co-opted by Kaiser and SEIU–UHW to the detriment of the workforce. From LaborNotes: Sophia Simms Walker, a ward clerk/transcriber in Labor and Delivery who’s put in 26 years at Kaiser, served on SEIU–UHW’s bargaining committee last time around. The […]
May 18th, 2015
Kaiser mental health clinicians protest retaliation against whistleblowers
Kaiser mental health clinicians picketed and leafleted at Kaiser facilities throughout California May 11–15 to protest the HMO’s retaliation against whistleblowers who have brought public attention to Kaiser’s pattern of unlawful delays in providing mental health care. Clinicians demanded that Kaiser reinstate wrongfully terminated Fremont psychologist Dr. Alex Wang, who had been targeted by Kaiser […]