January 25th, 2019
Kaiser CEO portrayed as mental health leader in Davos
Davos, Switzerland is apparently a place surrounded by tall mountains and tall tales. Just one month after Kaiser Permanente mental health clinicians went on strike across California demanding that Kaiser address severe staffing shortages and dangerously long waits for therapy appointments, Kaiser CEO Bernard Tyson jetted to Davos, Switzerland where he touted the USA’s largest […]
January 7th, 2019
Chronology: Kaiser Permanente’s Mental Health Crisis
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January 4th, 2019
LA Teacher Support Petition
We stand with teachers! As healthcare workers, we know that caring for our patients sometimes means protecting them by fighting back against corporate greed. Now teachers in Los Angeles are fighting for smaller class sizes and to protect public education. As NUHW members, we support their fight! Many of us were inspired by the example […]
December 28th, 2018
NUHW Pulse – December 2018
Welcome to the December 2018 edition of our union’s e-newsletter. In recent weeks, NUHW members staged a five-day statewide strike of Kaiser Permanente, received an award for our work in Orange County and staged a successful picket to fight takeaways at Marin General Hospital. Our actions in December capped off a busy and exciting year […]
December 21st, 2018
NUHW members put pressure on Kaiser with statewide strike
Four thousand NUHW members staged a five-day strike this month, putting intense pressure on Kaiser Permanente to settle a contract that treats its workers fairly and provides patients better access to mental health treatment. Strikers included psychologists, social workers, therapists, psychiatric nurses, addiction medicine specialists, dietitians, audiologists and health educators as well as nurses and […]