December 15th, 2018
Video: Oakland Medical Center on day 5 of weeklong strike
On the last day of our statewide mental health strike, we braved the rain in the Bay Area and celebrated our achievements on picket lines across the state. Our picket at Oakland Medical Center was epic — we had a vocal and robust crowd of more than 400 NUHW members, CNA members, Kaiser optical workers, […]
December 12th, 2018
Video: NUHW 2018 Kaiser mental health forum
The National Union of Healthcare Workers held a mental health forum in Oakland to discuss Kaiser Permanente’s delays and denials of mental health care. Patients and their families shared their experiences of struggling to obtain care and the sometimes tragic outcomes that have resulted from Kaiser’s inadequate care; clinicians discussed the difficulties and frustrations of […]
December 10th, 2018
Video: Kaiser 2018 mental health strike: San Francisco
Sonoma County Supervisor Shirlee Zane and the Brown family of Santa Rosa share their stories with striking NUHW-represented Kaiser mental health clinicians in San Francisco. Zane and the Browns lost loved ones to suicide after Kaiser Permanente Thrive denied them the mental health care they desperately needed.
November 30th, 2018
Kaiser Statewide Strike Dates and Locations
December 10-14, Kaiser Permanente mental health clinicians represented by NUHW will hold a strike at Kaiser facilities across California. Four-thousand psychologists, therapists, social workers, psychiatric nurses and addiction medicine specialists — along with other medical professionals — will stage pickets outside dozens of facilities from San Diego to Sacramento. Kaiser has a long history of […]
November 29th, 2018
Press release: Kaiser Permanente Mental Health Clinicians in California Announce 5-day Strike to begin Dec. 10
Four Thousand Caregivers to Protest over the Quality of Mental Health Care. Strike will Affect more than 100 Kaiser Clinics and Medical Facilities Emeryville – The National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) filed notice with state authorities today that mental health clinicians represented by the union will hold a strike at Kaiser Permanente facilities across California Dec. […]