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.
December 6th, 2018
Statewide Strike Questions and Answers
Why are NUHW members going on strike? Four-thousand NUHW members at Kaiser Permanente are going on strike from December 10 at 6:00 a.m. through December 15 at 6:00 a.m. to protest Kaiser’s refusal to bargain in good faith toward a fair contract. To date, Kaiser has refused to ensure that our hospitals and clinics are […]
November 30th, 2018
News of the Month — November
An analysis conducted for The New York Times showed that hospital mergers essentially banished competition and raised prices for hospital admissions in most cases, according to an examination of 25 metropolitan areas with the highest rate of consolidation from 2010 through 2013, a peak period for mergers. The analysis showed that the price of an […]
November 30th, 2018
Kaiser workers announce five-day statewide strike, ramp up social media campaign
Four thousand Kaiser mental health clinicians and health care professionals will start a five-day statewide strike Dec. 10 that will impact more than 100 Kaiser clinics and hospitals across California. For nearly a decade, these workers have dedicated themselves to improving mental health care at Kaiser. After a five-year fight, they won a contract in […]