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KPFA: IBHS President Clem Papazian interviewed about Oakland strike on “Up Front” April 24, 2014 Click here to listen to IBHS President and Kaiser Oakland social worker Clem Papazian interviewed on KPFA radio’s Up Front...
NBC Bay Area: Kaiser Workers Strike To Protest Cost-Cutting, Suicides April 24, 2014 By Riya Bhattacharjee NBC Bay Area Wednesday, April 23, 2014 Mental health clinicians from Kaiser’s Oakland Medical Center launched a...
Eureka Times-Standard: St. Joseph service workers say ‘yes’ to union; organizers now prep for negotiations April 24, 2014 By Lorna Rodriguez Eureka-Times Standard Wednesday, April 23, 2014 More than 200 service employees at St. Joseph Hospital in Eureka...
North Coast Journal: St. Joes Service Workers Vote Union April 24, 2014 By Heidi Walters North Coast Journal Tuesday, April 22, 2014 Service workers at St. Joseph Hospital in Eureka have voted...
Counterpunch: Trench Warfare at Kaiser Permanente March 18, 2014 By Cal Winslow Counterpunch March 18, 2014 It’s trench warfare at Kaiser Permanente, the huge HMO. There, five thousand California...
Health Workers Union Seeks Probe Of Kaiser Ex-Regulator Hire September 24, 2013 By Erica Teichert Law 360, Washington (September 20, 2013, 6:27 PM ET) — The National Union of Healthcare Workers urged...
Sacramento Business Journal: “Union seeks to block Kaiser from health benefit exchange” September 11, 2013 Read the original article here Kathy Robertson Senior Staff Writer- Sacramento Business Journal September 5, 2013 The National Union of...
California Health Line: “Union Sues To Prevent Kaiser From Selling Plans Through Exchange” September 11, 2013 Read the original article here September 6, 2013 On Wednesday, the National Union of Healthcare Workers filed a lawsuit to...
Alternet: “6 Ways That Workers Are Being Treated Like Machines” August 29, 2013 Excerpt from “6 Ways That Workers Are Being Treated Like Machines” By James Cersonsky, AlterNet August 28, 2013   Michael...
Monterey County Weekly: “Governor Signs Alejo’s Bill Limiting Hospital CEO Benefits” August 20, 2013 By Sara Rubin, Monterey County Weekly Most of the outrage over former Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System CEO Sam Downing’s...
North Bay Biz Journal: Kaiser fined $4M over mental health care June 27, 2013 North Bay Business Journal: The California Department of Managed Health Care on Tuesday issued a $4 million fine against Kaiser...
SF Chron: Kaiser fined $4 million over mental health access June 27, 2013 By Victoria Colliver, San Francisco Chronicle: California health regulators fined Kaiser Permanente $4 million for problems with mental health services,...