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Around the Union, December 2015: News and views from throughout NUHW December 18, 2015 Keck–USC caregivers overwhelmingly reject hospital’s contract proposal, authorize strike On December 11 Friday, December 11, hundreds of workers at Keck...
Alta Bates Summit election ballots impounded pending investigation of misconduct by SEIU, Sutter Health, and an NLRB agent December 10, 2015 The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has impounded the ballots following a Dec. 8-9 union election at Alta Bates Summit...
California Kaiser mental health clinicians vote to go on strike until HMO adequately staffs its psychiatric units, ends retaliation against whistleblowers October 22, 2015 In move to protect patients, 1,500 California Kaiser mental health clinicians vote to go on strike until HMO adequately staffs...
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...
Corizon’s for-profit prison healthcare under scrutiny September 12, 2015 Following the death of Mario Martinez while in custody at Alameda County’s Santa Rita Jail, KPFA Radio of Berkeley aired...
NUHW Pulse: September 2015 September 1, 2015 Welcome to NUHW Pulse, our union’s new e-newsletter. It has been a busy time for NUHW — our members have...
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...
Caregivers hold second strike at San Francisco Nursing Center August 21, 2015 Fifty NUHW-represented caregivers at San Francisco Nursing Center went on strike for two days, Thursday and Friday, August 20 and...
Caregivers at Brius-owned San Rafael Healthcare and Wellness protest poor conditions for patients, workers August 21, 2015 Sixty NUHW-represented caregivers at Marin County’s San Rafael Healthcare and Wellness Center went on strike for two days to protest...
Strict limits on mental health care still common for California patients August 13, 2015 National Public Radio’s Here and Now aired this story by reporter Jenny Gold about the failure of Kaiser Permanente and...
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...