November 29th, 2018
Press release: Kaiser Permanente Mental Health Clinicians in California Announce 5-day Strike to begin Dec. 10
Four Thousand Caregivers to Protest over the Quality of Mental Health Care. Strike will Affect more than 100 Kaiser Clinics and Medical Facilities Emeryville – The National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) filed notice with state authorities today that mental health clinicians represented by the union will hold a strike at Kaiser Permanente facilities across California Dec. […]
November 28th, 2018
NUHW Pulse – November 2018
Welcome to the November 2018 edition of our union’s e-newsletter. In recent weeks, NUHW members have announced a 5-day strike of Kaiser Permanente and expanded their campaign to improve the HMO’s mental health care. NUHW members have also fought to save Seton Medical Center from bankruptcy, ratified a contract that makes USC hospitals among the […]
November 27th, 2018
Video: Kaiser, don’t deny your patients care
You can’t wait a month and a half for mental healthcare. That’s what Kaiser Permanente Thrive does to its patients — it prevents them from seeing their therapists in their hour of need. What good is the diagnosis, if you can’t receive the treatment? Kaiser is failing to live up to its obligations as a […]
November 25th, 2018
Video: Kaiser mental health patients are speaking out
Have you waited weeks or months for mental health appointments? Have you been pushed into group therapy or forced to pay out-of-pocket for non-Kaiser therapists? Share your story with us at kaiserdontdeny.org. We represent Kaiser mental health clinicians who are working to make Kaiser finally deliver timely, consistent mental health care.
November 20th, 2018
Press release: Kaiser mental health clinicians authorize 5-day statewide strike
Approximately 4,000 caregivers are prepared to strike more than 100 Kaiser clinics and medical facilities across California to settle a contract that improves access to mental health care. Seven years after exposing Kaiser Permanente’s failure to provide timely access to mental health care in violation of state law, Kaiser mental health clinicians are preparing to hold […]