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Kaiser Psych-Social

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...
California Kaiser mental health clinicians vote to go on strike until HMO adequately staffs its psychiatric units, ends retaliation against whistleblowers October 22, 2015 In move to protect patients, 1,500 California Kaiser mental health clinicians vote to go on strike until HMO adequately staffs...
No More Suicides! Neoliberalism on the Kaiser Couch October 16, 2015 By Cal Winslow (Click here to see the story on CounterPunch) It was unnerving, last winter, marching in downtown Oakland,...
NUHW endorses Bernie Sanders for president of the United States October 13, 2015 Thank you to the nearly two hundred elected rank-and-file leaders of NUHW for a successful 2015 Leadership Conference! (See the...
Help save the NUHW-CNA affiliation October 7, 2015 Top officials at the California Nurses Association are trying to dissolve the affiliation agreement that NUHW members overwhelmingly voted for...
Los Angeles Times story: “His 83-year-old wife jumped to her death from a Kaiser clinic — why?” October 7, 2015 The Los Angeles Times published a story in September about the tragic suicide of Barbara Ragan, the Santa Rosa woman...