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Kaiser

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...
Three Kaiser contracts ratified, one more to go December 21, 2015 After a five-year struggle, members in three of NUHW’s four Kaiser units have ratified contracts and negotiations to settle the...
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...
No More Suicides! Neoliberalism on the Kaiser Couch October 16, 2015 By Cal Winslow (Click here to see the story on CounterPunch) It was unnerving, last winter, marching in downtown Oakland,...
Los Angeles Times story: “His 83-year-old wife jumped to her death from a Kaiser clinic — why?” October 7, 2015 The Los Angeles Times published a story in September about the tragic suicide of Barbara Ragan, the Santa Rosa woman...
Kaiser Permanente misleads press, public in attempt to blunt negative publicity stemming from class-action lawsuit September 18, 2015 HMO’s press release makes misleading claims about staffing, new hiring in Kaiser’s mental health departments Damage-control effort is response to...
No More Kaiser Suicides: Coalition of advocacy groups launches social media campaign August 31, 2015 No More Kaiser Suicides is a social media campaign created in partnership with Courage Campaign and the East Bay chapter...
Kaiser mental health under scrutiny again following suicide August 27, 2015 Kaiser Permanente’s failures to provide timely mental health care have made the news several times in recent weeks. First, there...
Therapists demand action in response to tragic Santa Rosa suicide that highlights the failures of Kaiser Permanente’s mental health care services August 3, 2015 Therapists demand action in response to tragic Santa Rosa suicide that highlights the failures of Kaiser Permanente’s mental health care...
Pawns in SEIU’s Game July 1, 2015 By Cal Winslow (Originally published by CounterPunch, BeyondChron, and ZNet.) California’s healthcare unions are being reorganized. Again! The Service Employees...