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Kaiser Mental Health

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...
NUHW members raise $1000 for Darrell Steinberg campaign for mayor of Sacramento March 3, 2016 NUHW members raised more than $1000 for Darrell Steinberg’s campaign for mayor of Sacramento at an event held February 20....
Kaiser mental health strike averted November 15, 2015 Clinicians reach tentative agreement with Kaiser on patient care standards, other issues OAKLAND — Kaiser Permanente mental health clinicians represented...
Patrick J. Kennedy to join mental health clinicians on the picket line in San Francisco as strike starts Monday, Nov. 16 November 13, 2015 PATRICK J. KENNEDY TO JOIN MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIANS ON THE PICKET LINE IN SAN FRANCISCO AS STRIKE BEGINS AT 50...
Kaiser harassing, intimidating mental health workers in advance of strike November 13, 2015 Despite its legal obligation to provide care during a strike, Kaiser is conducting blanket cancellations of therapy appointments HMO using...
Report: Kaiser violated state law by restraining psychiatric patient 108 times in two months  October 28, 2015 California Department of Public Health cites state’s largest HMO for excessive and unwarranted use of restraints Investigation of Kaiser’s inpatient...