December 12th, 2018
Patrick J. Kennedy praises NUHW
“The National Union of Healthcare Workers is the only union that I know of its type that is raising the profile of this mental health and addiction issue in the way that they are.” — Patrick Kennedy, former Congressman and founder of The Kennedy Forum.
December 12th, 2018
Video: NUHW 2018 Kaiser mental health forum
The National Union of Healthcare Workers held a mental health forum in Oakland to discuss Kaiser Permanente’s delays and denials of mental health care. Patients and their families shared their experiences of struggling to obtain care and the sometimes tragic outcomes that have resulted from Kaiser’s inadequate care; clinicians discussed the difficulties and frustrations of […]
December 11th, 2018
Kaiser Mental Health Strike: Day 2
Tuesday, December 11 Today we staged 10 picket lines throughout California. NUHW members marched in Oakland, Santa Clara, Santa Rosa, Sacramento, Fresno, Modesto, Los Angeles (Downey Medical Center), San Diego, Ontario, and Santa Ana. We were joined by friends and supporters from the California Nurses Association and other unions, as well as Kaiser mental health patients and their families. […]
December 10th, 2018
Kaiser Mental Health Strike: Day 1
Monday, December 10 Today was Day 1 of our statewide Kaiser mental health strike. Four thousand of us — psychologists, therapists, social workers, psychiatric nurses, addiction medicine specialists, as well as dietitians, audiologists, speech pathologists, health educators, optical workers, and others — set up picket lines in front of eight Kaiser facilities throughout California today. […]
December 10th, 2018
Video: Kaiser 2018 mental health strike: San Francisco
Sonoma County Supervisor Shirlee Zane and the Brown family of Santa Rosa share their stories with striking NUHW-represented Kaiser mental health clinicians in San Francisco. Zane and the Browns lost loved ones to suicide after Kaiser Permanente Thrive denied them the mental health care they desperately needed.