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Contract updates: VNA Santa Cruz contract settled, Kaiser breaks the law with Optical contract October 7, 2015 After nearly two years of negotiations and a final marathon bargaining session that went well into the night, the social...
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...
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...
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...
NUHW members have ratified nine contracts this year August 31, 2015 NUHW members have ratified nine contracts so far this year. Members at two Orange County hospitals, Kindred Brea and Kindred...
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...
NUHW members march for Medicare in Oakland, Los Angeles July 31, 2015 NUHW members in Oakland and Los Angeles marched and rallied in honor of Medicare’s 50th anniversary on Thursday, July 30....

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