September 7th, 2023
California Supreme Court preserves positive Futterman decision
Earlier this year, we reported the good news that a California appeals court had revived a class-action lawsuit by families of Kaiser Permanente mental health patients and published its ruling in the Official Records making it binding legal precedent. We have even more good news about the case. On Aug. 22, the California Supreme Court denied […]
September 7th, 2023
Clinicians continue fight to preserve Patient Management Time
While Kaiser management in Northern California has mostly worked with us constructively following our 10-week strike last year, we are continuing to have to fight back against efforts by Kaiser management in Southern California to enact takeaways that violate our contract. The biggest issue we’re facing in Southern California is management’s attempt to cut Patient […]
August 31st, 2023
NUHW Senate Candiate Forum: October 8
This page is also available in: Español On Sunday, October 8, at least two leading U.S. Senate candidates will be participating in a forum at our Leadership Conference, and every NUHW member will have the opportunity to watch and decide who our union should endorse. Congresswomen Barbara Lee of Oakland and Katie Porter of Orange County will […]
August 31st, 2023
Kaiser Model of Care Committees off to good start
This page is also available in: Español One of our most important victories in last year’s 10-week Northern California Kaiser mental health strike was the establishment of five labor-management Model of Care committees. Our recent experience with Kaiser has been mixed when it comes to Model of Care committees, but what’s different about […]
August 31st, 2023
NUHW sends big contingent to Healthy California Now Lobby Day
This page is also available in: Español On August 29, Healthy California Now, the state’s largest coalition of organizations supporting a single-payer, Medicare For All-style healthcare system, held a Lobby Day in Sacramento. NUHW had a large contingent at the event during which advocates met with members of the State Assembly urging them […]