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Kaiser Healthcare Pros

New Organizing: Novato Healthcare Center, Petaluma Valley Hospital, Alta Bates Summit December 18, 2015 Workers at Novato Healthcare Center vote to join NUHW One hundred and sixty workers at Novato Healthcare Center, Marin County’s...
NUHW participates in Berlin labor conference December 18, 2015 By NUHW Organizer Marilyn Albert, RN It is a tribute to NUHW’s history and principles that we were invited, for...
NUHW members at Alameda County jails win $350,000 settlement over missed meal periods December 18, 2015 In October, healthcare workers at Alameda County’s jails — Santa Rita Jail in Dublin and the Glenn E. Dyer Detention...
A message from the NUHW Retirees Committee December 18, 2015 By Melinda Ginne In the fall of 2015 a group of NUHW retirees came together to form a retirees group....
Labor Board certifies NUHW election victory at Seton Medical Center, Seton Coastside December 18, 2015 On November 2, in a clear demonstration of the inefficient, anti-worker procedural policies of the National Labor Relations Board and...
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...
NUHW endorses Bernie Sanders for president in 2016 election December 18, 2015 Nearly 200 elected rank-and-file leaders representing 11,000 members of the National Union of Healthcare Workers voted 72% to endorse Vermont...
2015 NUHW Leadership Conference a great success December 18, 2015 Nearly 200 NUHW leaders from throughout California met December 10 in Pasadena for the third annual NUHW Leadership Conference. Leaders...
Kaiser mental health strike averted November 15, 2015 Clinicians reach tentative agreement with Kaiser on patient care standards, other issues OAKLAND — Kaiser Permanente mental health clinicians represented...
Patrick J. Kennedy to join mental health clinicians on the picket line in San Francisco as strike starts Monday, Nov. 16 November 13, 2015 PATRICK J. KENNEDY TO JOIN MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIANS ON THE PICKET LINE IN SAN FRANCISCO AS STRIKE BEGINS AT 50...
Kaiser harassing, intimidating mental health workers in advance of strike November 13, 2015 Despite its legal obligation to provide care during a strike, Kaiser is conducting blanket cancellations of therapy appointments HMO using...
Report: Kaiser violated state law by restraining psychiatric patient 108 times in two months  October 28, 2015 California Department of Public Health cites state’s largest HMO for excessive and unwarranted use of restraints Investigation of Kaiser’s inpatient...