July 16th, 2019
Press Release: Mental health therapists launch digital ad campaign, pressuring Kaiser Permanente to provide timely mental health care
Mental health therapists launch digital ad campaign, pressuring Kaiser Permanente to provide timely mental health care One week after rejecting inadequate contract proposals from Kaiser Permanente that failed to address the desperate struggle patients face in accessing mental health care, Kaiser caregivers are rolling out a digital advertising campaign calling on Californians to demand Kaiser […]
July 11th, 2019
Video: Our solutions to Kaiser’s mental health crisis
There’s a mental health crisis at Kaiser Permanente. Patients can’t get the care they need. And therapists can’t keep up with growing caseloads. Kaiser therapists have been sounding the alarm, but management won’t make real improvements. Here’s what it’s going to take: Kaiser needs to hire a lot more full-service therapists. We don’t need “intake […]
July 11th, 2019
Press Release: Kaiser mental health clinicians reject contract proposals; call for immediate resumption of bargaining
Approximately 4,000 mental health clinicians and other medical professionals who work at Kaiser Permanente facilities across California, have resoundingly rejected Kaiser’s contract offers. In voting that took place at more than 100 Kaiser medical locations statewide over the past three weeks, 88 percent of workers voted against the contracts, in a strong demonstration of support […]
July 9th, 2019
Press Release: Kaiser Permanente therapists to strike Wednesday over worsening mental health care for San Francisco children
SAN FRANCISCO — Kaiser mental health clinicians will go on strike for one day, Wednesday, July 10, to protest worsening access to mental health care for San Francisco children. The workers, who include psychologists, therapists and social workers, have been demanding increased staffing to halt the rapid decline in available services and reduce dangerously long […]
July 4th, 2019
Video: Kaiser Permanente can afford to hire more mental health therapists
Kaiser Permanente has the money to hire more mental health therapists. All it needs is the will.