June 28th, 2019
June 2019 Pulse
Welcome to the June 2019 edition of our union’s e-newsletter. In recent weeks, NUHW-represented Kaiser mental health clinicians approved a one-day strike in San Francisco, EVS workers at Providence Tarzana voted to join our union, and RAMS workers settled their first contract after a long struggle. Check out all the stories below, and be sure […]
June 28th, 2019
Providence Tarzana EVS workers vote to join NUHW
EVS workers at Providence Tarzana Medical Center voted on June 27 to join NUHW. PTMC is owned by Providence Health and Services is an acute care hospital providing care to the medically underserved California’s San Fernando Valley. These 55 workers voted 2 to 1 in favor of joining more than 500 NUHW-represented workers at PTMC who […]
June 28th, 2019
Kaiser mental health clinicians to strike July 10 over chronic understaffing
Citing a growing child mental health crisis at their clinic, dozens of Kaiser therapists authorized a one-day strike if the HMO refuses to boost staffing in order to reduce intolerable appointment wait times and end overcrowding of group therapy sessions. The strike will be held from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 10, at […]
June 28th, 2019
With “Thrive City,” Kaiser puts branding before behavioral health care
This article was published in Medium on June 27, 2019 By Sal Rosselli As our state’s largest nonprofit HMO, Kaiser Permanente is tax-exempt, and has a duty to reinvest its enormous income into caring for its nearly 9 million patients in California. But last week, Kaiser executives proved beyond a doubt that they put branding […]
June 26th, 2019
News of the Month – June 2019
Kaiser Permamente unveiled plans for a new national headquarters to be constructed in downtown Oakland. The 1.7 million-square-foot office tower is expected to be 28 or 29 stories tall and cost $900 million by the time it is completed in 2023. Workers at online retailer Wayfair staged a walkout from Boston headquarters on June 26 […]