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Kaiser Mental Health

NUHW Pulse – February 2017: the latest news from NUHW February 7, 2017 Welcome to the February 2017 edition of NUHW Pulse, our union’s e-newsletter! NUHW keeps growing with big win in Oakland...
Carrie Fisher battled stormtroopers and stigma January 17, 2017 This op-ed by NUHW members Elizabeth White, Natalia Salinas and Clement Papazian originally ran in the Mercury News and the...
NUHW Pulse – December 2016: the latest news from NUHW December 21, 2016 Welcome to the December 2016 year-end edition of NUHW Pulse, our union’s e-newsletter! An extraordinary year for NUHW This short...
2016 year in review — contract victories and bargaining updates December 21, 2016 NUHW had a hugely successful bargaining year, winning 16 contracts covering 8,000 members. We are currently bargaining seven more contracts....
KQED’s in-depth coverage of mental health care in California December 21, 2016 KQED Radio health reporter April Dembosky produced an excellent series of stories delving into the obstacles that confront patients seeking...
A recap of the NUHW’s 2016 Leadership Conference December 21, 2016 Nearly 300 stewards from throughout California gathered in Oakland in October for NUHW’s fourth annual Leadership Conference. We reviewed our...
NUHW applauds Clinton’s comprehensive mental healthcare plan August 29, 2016 The National Union of Healthcare Workers, the nation’s largest private-sector union representing mental health clinicians, applauds the plan announced today...
KQED’s Forum discusses mental health parity, NUHW’s Kaiser struggle June 15, 2016 KQED, San Francisco’s public radio station, devoted its June 10 Forum program to the issue of mental health parity. One...
Video: Kaiser mental health clinicians honored with United in Courage Award May 26, 2016 Courage Campaign, an online advocacy organization with more than 1.3 million members, honored NUHW-represented Kaiser mental health clinicians with the...
NUHW’s Kaiser mental health clinicians to be honored with United in Courage Award April 18, 2016 NUHW’s Kaiser Permanente mental health clinicians — psychologists, psychiatric social workers, therapists, and psychiatric nurses working at hundreds of Kaiser...
NUHW stewards advocate for Medicare for All, single-payer health care April 18, 2016 NUHW steward councils throughout the state are holding discussions about the kind of change we want for the broken U.S....
NUHW joins the No Coal In Oakland movement April 18, 2016 Kirstin Quinn–Siegel, a marriage and family therapist in NUHW’s Kaiser IBHS bargaining unit, joined other Oakland medical professionals at a...