April 24th, 2019
Press Release: Therapists to strike Kaiser mental health clinic where patients wait up to 4 months for appointments
Kaiser Permanente mental health therapists to strike Pasadena clinic Striking therapists to protest their patients having to wait up to four months for appointments Los Angeles – Mental health therapists on Tuesday announced a one-day strike at Kaiser’s Pasadena clinic to protest severe understaffing that has forced their patients — many of whom […]
April 23rd, 2019
SF Supervisors say Kaiser Permanente must provide better mental health care
Supervisors say Kaiser Permanente must provide better mental health care for San Franciscans San Francisco – The San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday calling on Kaiser Permanente to achieve “full parity for mental health patients.” The resolution, introduced by Supervisor Hillary Ronen, also calls on Kaiser to sufficiently staff mental health […]
April 23rd, 2019
Video: San Francisco supervisors tell Kaiser to fix its mental health care services
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously passed a resolution on April 23, 2019, calling on Kaiser Permanente to achieve “full parity for mental health patients.” The resolution, introduced by Supervisor Hillary Ronen, also calls on Kaiser to sufficiently staff mental health clinics to reduce lengthy appointment wait times; limit wait times to no more […]
April 20th, 2019
Video: Patients demand meeting with Kaiser CEO over deficient mental health services
On April 17, Kaiser patients, clinicians and community leaders came together with the goal of helping the HMO truly become a national model for mental health care, This gathering came just four months after Kaiser’s nearly 4,000 mental health clinicians, represented by the National Union of Healthcare Workers, held a five-day strike to demand that […]
April 16th, 2019
Queen Workers Showing Pride – “Yas, Queen!”
More than 2,500 NUHW members at six Providence St. Joseph Health hospitals across California sent a clear message to their employer that they are committed to fighting for their patients and each other. Wearing buttons that read, “We beat as one! We care for all!” the caregivers stood united recently in support of compatriots at […]