July 14th, 2014
Caregivers picket Sutter’s California Pacific Medical Center
NUHW members at Sutter Health’s California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco picketed the hospital on July 1 to draw the public’s attention to CPMC management’s proposal to renege on its previous commitments to the community by cutting twenty-eight skilled nursing beds. CPMC also proposes major cuts in employee benefits.
July 13th, 2014
Union seeks federal investigation of Kaiser Permanente
From the National Psychologist’s July–August 2014 edition: A union representing health care workers at Kaiser Permanente — California’s largest provider of health care, including mental health care — has asked the U.S. Department of Justice to open a criminal investigation into Kaiser’s treatment of mental health patients. The National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) contends […]
July 12th, 2014
Union seeks federal investigation of Kaiser Permanente
The National Psychologist published this front-page story about Kaiser’s mental health care crisis in its July-August 2014 edition. A union representing health care workers at Kaiser Permanente — California’s largest provider of health care, including mental health care — has asked the U.S. Department of Justice to open a criminal investigation into Kaiser’s treatment of […]
July 10th, 2014
Kindred Bay Area: News and Views — July 2014
Committee will take on staffing issues — representatives needed! As everyone knows, we’ve got some staffing issues in San Leandro, especially CNAs. After an initial meeting with management in May, we tried repeatedly to get a follow-up session so that CNAs could come and tell their own stories about how the current staffing ratios are […]
July 7th, 2014
Caregivers, patients, community call on county to save Doctors Medical Center
Caregivers, patients, and community members rallied in front of Doctors Medical Center in San Pablo July 1 to call on the county to preserved the facility as a full-service hospital. West Contra Costa County residents need more than a stand-alone emergency room.