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Salinas Valley Memorial workers ratify contract with strong raises and better educational benefits November 23, 2021 After four months of intense negotiations and actions, 887 NUHW members at Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital won a four-year contract...
NUHW holds solidarity strike, marches on Kaiser’s Oakland headquarters November 19, 2021 In a forceful demonstration of solidarity with striking Kaiser Permanente engineers and outrage over Kaiser’s chronic underfunding of behavioral health...
Hawaii mental health therapists authorize strike; seek state investigation of Kaiser Permanente November 8, 2021 HONOLULU — After three years of stalled contract negotiations, mental health clinicians at Kaiser Permanente in Hawaii have authorized a...
Therapist: Kaiser should be “ashamed” for long wait times, lack of equity in mental health care November 1, 2021 The founder and lead clinician at Kaiser Permanente’s La Clínica, a program that serves Latinx residents in Richmond, California, criticized...
NUHW’s mental health bill signed into law October 28, 2021 California took a giant step toward mental health parity in October when Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 221, NUHW’s legislation...
News of the Month — October 2021 October 27, 2021 California Healthline/Kaiser Health News wrote about SB 221 and the long waits for care at Kaiser Permanente that bill seeks...
Steward council says no to coal train in Humboldt County October 27, 2021 Members of the NUHW Steward Council from St. Joseph and Redwood Memorial Hospital in Humboldt County voted to join a...
SB 221 signing makes the news October 21, 2021 NUHW’s groundbreaking mental health access bill, SB 221 is being hailed as one of the most significant pieces of legislation...
Member profile: Chuck Desepte October 18, 2021 As a steward, X-ray technician Chuck Desepte works hard to engage and inspire coworkers. "The only way to stop the...
Kaiser Permanente facing strikes from multiple unions in California, Oregon October 14, 2021 Kaiser Permanente’s labor woes are about to get even worse. Already enduring a strike by operating engineers in its Northern...
Queen of the Valley exec admits hospital is understaffed despite huge profits and federal funds October 13, 2021 California has the lowest COVID-19 transmission rate of any state in the nation, but many hospitals in the state are...
Frontline workers confront Board of Directors at Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital October 7, 2021 Fifty NUHW members showed up September 30 at a Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital Board of Directors meeting to demand the...

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