September 12th, 2015
Corizon’s for-profit prison healthcare under scrutiny
Following the death of Mario Martinez while in custody at Alameda County’s Santa Rita Jail, KPFA Radio of Berkeley aired a 30-minute report on Corizon’s profit-driven health care at the Dublin jail and at Oakland’s Glenn E. Dyer Detention Center. Previously, KTVU TV (Channel 2, Oakland) aired the first two parts in an ongoing series […]
August 31st, 2015
No More Kaiser Suicides: Coalition of advocacy groups launches social media campaign
No More Kaiser Suicides is a social media campaign created in partnership with Courage Campaign and the East Bay chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). The Facebook page, facebook.com/nomorekaisersuicides, features facts, data, and patient stories that demonstrate the harmful, sometimes tragic impacts of Kaiser Permanente’s failure to staff its mental health clinics […]
August 31st, 2015
NUHW members have ratified nine contracts this year
NUHW members have ratified nine contracts so far this year. Members at two Orange County hospitals, Kindred Brea and Kindred Westminster, ratified first contracts in July and August. These contracts included across-the-board wage increases of at least 4% this year, a bonus this year of at least 1%, plus a 2% wage increase next year […]
August 27th, 2015
Kaiser mental health under scrutiny again following suicide
Kaiser Permanente’s failures to provide timely mental health care have made the news several times in recent weeks. First, there was the tragic suicide of a Santa Rosa woman suffering from depression. The Santa Rosa Press Democrat reported that Barbara Ragan, two days after being told by Kaiser that she should have to wait eight […]
August 21st, 2015
Caregivers hold second strike at San Francisco Nursing Center
Fifty NUHW-represented caregivers at San Francisco Nursing Center went on strike for two days, Thursday and Friday, August 20 and 21, to protest drastic unilateral cuts made to their healthcare coverage by the facility’s new owner, Utah-based Providence Group, Inc. (See slideshow and video below.) Workers picketed in front of the facility at 5767 Mission Street […]