October 7th, 2015
Contract updates: VNA Santa Cruz contract settled, Kaiser breaks the law with Optical contract
After nearly two years of negotiations and a final marathon bargaining session that went well into the night, the social workers and occupational, physical, and speech therapists of Visiting Nurses Association of Santa Cruz reached a tentative agreement with Sutter Health for their first union contract. Members unanimously ratified the contract a week later. The […]
September 18th, 2015
Kaiser Permanente misleads press, public in attempt to blunt negative publicity stemming from class-action lawsuit
HMO’s press release makes misleading claims about staffing, new hiring in Kaiser’s mental health departments Damage-control effort is response to recent news regarding patient suicides, lawsuits, state regulators’ damning report on Kaiser’s violations of state law, and mental health clinicians’ initiative to hold Kaiser accountable to its patients EMERYVILLE — Kaiser Permanente, in an effort […]
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 […]
September 1st, 2015
NUHW Pulse: September 2015
Welcome to NUHW Pulse, our union’s new e-newsletter. It has been a busy time for NUHW — our members have been bargaining and ratifying contracts, holding strikes and informational pickets, and continuing with efforts to hold Kaiser Permanente accountable to its patients. Click here for a black-and-white leaflet version of the newsletter or here for […]
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 […]