August 21st, 2015
Caregivers at Brius-owned San Rafael Healthcare and Wellness protest poor conditions for patients, workers
Sixty NUHW-represented caregivers at Marin County’s San Rafael Healthcare and Wellness Center went on strike for two days to protest the facility’s low standards of patient care and poor working conditions. (See slideshow below.) The facility’s owner, Brius Healthcare Services, “has been slapped with a flurry of citations and penalties by government regulators,” as the […]
August 19th, 2015
San Rafael Healthcare and Wellness Center workers to strike Thursday and Friday, August 20 and 21
Caregivers protest poor and deteriorating patient care conditions, drastic cuts to healthcare coverage and other benefits, and wages that have stagnated for four years Facility’s owner, Brius Healthcare, California’s largest and operator of nursing homes, accused of “flagrant disregard for human life” in Sacramento Bee investigative series SAN RAFAEL — Sixty NUHW-represented caregivers at San […]
August 19th, 2015
San Francisco Nursing Center healthcare workers launch second strike: Thursday and Friday, August 20 and 21
Caregivers protest new owner’s unethical labor practices, failure to return to bargaining table as promised following one-day strike July 22 Community leaders will join fifty workers on the picket line SAN FRANCISCO — Fifty NUHW-represented caregivers at San Francisco Nursing Center will strike for two days, Thursday and Friday, August 20 and 21, and picket […]
August 13th, 2015
Strict limits on mental health care still common for California patients
National Public Radio’s Here and Now aired this story by reporter Jenny Gold about the failure of Kaiser Permanente and other healthcare corporations to comply with mental health parity laws. The story includes an interview with NUHW member Melinda Ginne, a psychologist recently retired from Kaiser’s Oakland Medical Center who endured repeated retaliation from Kaiser […]
August 3rd, 2015
Therapists demand action in response to tragic Santa Rosa suicide that highlights the failures of Kaiser Permanente’s mental health care services
Therapists demand action in response to tragic Santa Rosa suicide that highlights the failures of Kaiser Permanente’s mental health care services Mental health clinicians call on Kaiser to immediately increase staffing and correct illegal practices that affect thousands of patients throughout California Union also calls on California’s Department of Managed Health Care to urgently follow […]