June 2nd, 2019
Kaiser mental health clinicians to strike over patient access to care
UPDATE 6/9/19: Following progress at the bargaining table, the member-led bargaining teams representing 4,000 Kaiser mental health clinicians and healthcare professionals throughout California voted unanimously Sunday to call off an open-ended strike scheduled to begin Tuesday. In calling off the strike, the clinicians are accepting the challenge put forth Friday by Senate President Pro Tempore […]
May 31st, 2019
Kaiser workers authorize strike, win support of Berkeley Council
June is shaping up to be a critical month for the 4,000 Kaiser mental health workers and health care professionals who have been without a contract since September. More than 80 percent of Kaiser psychologists, social workers, marriage and family therapists and psychiatric nurses authorized an open-ended strike which could begin in June. With negotiations […]
May 31st, 2019
Janus of Santa Cruz workers and community allies picket for fair wages
Dozens of workers and community allies picketed Santa Cruz County’s largest non-profit drug rehabilitation center picketed Thursday to protest low pay that has resulted in massive worker turnover and growing waits for patients to access the center’s drug rehabilitation services. The picket was covered by the Santa Cruz Sentinel, KION and Univsion. In the 18 […]
May 30th, 2019
NUHW members settle contracts for caregivers at Alameda County detention facilities and technicians at Marin General Hospital
Caregivers at Santa Rita Jail negotiated a four-year contract through April 30, 2023 with across-the-board 3.75 percent annual raises each year. The contract for about 150 nurses, medical assistants, occupational therapists, and other caregivers also provides for a new step on the wage scale for workers on their 30th anniversary, more paid-time-off for workers after […]
May 30th, 2019
News of the Month — May 2019
A proposed rule from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services would prohibit home health aides paid directly by Medicaid from having their union dues automatically deducted from their paychecks, though it doesn’t name the fees explicitly. Disgraced former Keck Medical School Dean Dr. Carmen Puliafito received nearly $1 million in severance, along with a […]