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UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland workers authorize second strike May 22, 2023 Workers are preparing for a three-day strike after UCSF refused to make movement in contract negotiations following a one-day strike...
Caregivers to hold largest-ever strike ever at Children’s Hospital Oakland April 17, 2023 This page is also available in:   Español   UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland Workers to Hold One-Day Strike Wednesday,...
Kaiser Mental Health Therapists in Hawai’i Vote to Ratify Three-Year Contract after 172-day strike February 21, 2023 The agreement provides raises and safeguards retirement benefits for therapists, but lacks additional measures therapists had sought to improve access...
Caregivers at Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Ratify Contract With Big Raises to Address Understaffing January 24, 2023 After seven months of negotiations, nearly 600 workers at Providence Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Tarzana have ratified a four-year contract...
NUHW members to picket Children’s Hospital Oakland on Jan. 25 January 23, 2023 “It’s a bridge too far.” UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland Caregivers Joined by Parents and Community Leaders Seek Guarantee that...
Hawai’i Therapists Protest Kaiser Permanente Shortchanging Both Therapists and Hawai’i Patients October 31, 2022 Kaiser recently agreed to improvements in patient care and compensation for therapists on the mainland, but insists on paying therapists...
Safety issues, short staffing prompt strike authorization of 800 healthcare workers at Fountain Valley Regional Medical Center October 21, 2022 After months of complaints to the California Department of Public Health about worsening conditions at the hospital and stalled contract...
Kaiser Permanente Mental Health Clinicians in Hawai’i to Start Open-Ended Strike Monday, Aug. 29 August 25, 2022 Mental health clinicians to strike Kaiser Permanente facilities across Hawai’i beginning 6 a.m. Monday, Aug. 29 Clinicians will strike for...
More than 2,000 Kaiser Permanente mental health clinicians to start open-ended strike August 15 August 2, 2022  “We’re serving a strike notice because our patients aren’t receiving needed services.” Outraged that patients wait months for therapy sessions,...
Kaiser Permanente to face state mental health probe May 18, 2022 In a highly unusual move, California’s Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) is launching a comprehensive “non-routine survey” to examine...
Kaiser Hawaii mental health therapists to strike starting May 18 May 13, 2022 Demand for mental health services in Hawaii is surging, but Kaiser Permanente fails to add adequate staff or improve access,...
LA Mayoral Debate, Saturday, 10 a.m. March 26 March 17, 2022 Karen Bass, Kevin de León and Mike Feuer will discuss critical issues facing Los Angeles in forum sponsored by the...

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