September 4th, 2014
Kaiser Permanente must be held accountable for its mental health care failures: San Francisco Examiner op-ed by Sal Rosselli
NUHW President Sal Rosselli penned an op-ed for the September 4, 2014, edition of the San Francisco Examiner on Kaiser Permanente’s mental health care failures. In light of the severity of Kaiser’s violations of state laws governing health care and the fact that recent data proves that Kaiser continues to violate the law, NUHW calls […]
August 29th, 2014
NUHW and CNA stand united in Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital protest
[slideshow_deploy id=’5273′] On Thursday, August 28, NUHW joined with CNA to protest drastic cuts to patient care at SVMH. The hospital administration has presented both unions with severe and unnecessary layoff proposals. SVMH workers showed their strength by lining East Romie Lane with picket signs. Workers and community members made their voices heard loud and […]
August 28th, 2014
Salinas Valley Memorial cost-cutting proposal to draw union protest
The Monterey Herald published a story about an informational picket by the California Nurses Association and NUHW today at Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital. SVMH’s board of directors has proposed drastic cuts in patient care that include a reduction in the number of personnel at the bedside. The plan includes 120 layoffs and comes just two […]
August 25th, 2014
“Breakthrough” labor deal causes stir
Healthcare Finance News published an August 22 story on the deal between SEIU and the California Hospital Association. The story, by reporter Tammy Worth, quotes NUHW President Sal Rosselli and other critics of the deal. An agreement reached this past spring between the California Hospital Association and the SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West has been deemed […]
August 13th, 2014
East Bay Express exposes Kaiser’s illegal delays in mental health care
Kaiser Permanente’s hometown paper, Oakland’s East Bay Express, exposes Kaiser’s “Deadly Delays” — illegal and unethical delays of mental health care services that impact thousands of Kaiser patients, often with tragic results, even suicides. “Kaiser Permanente has been held up as a national model for healthcare, but critics contend that it routinely fails to adequately serve […]