August 16th, 2013
San Francisco’s Mission Neighborhood Health Workers Ratify First NUHW Contract
Last week, caregivers at San Francisco’s Mission Neighborhood Health Center (MNHC) unanimously ratified their first contract with NUHW. Like thousands of other healthcare workers, MNHC joined NUHW after several years of frustration in SEIU where they were forced to accept concessionary contracts while experiencing a total lack of representation in the wake of SEIU’s […]
August 1st, 2013
Kaiser Permanente Ineligible to Participate in Obamacare Insurance Exchange in California
Kaiser should be disqualified from exchange due to violations of state statutory requirements for mental health patients and other plan participants Kaiser disciplined a therapist for recommending timely follow-up for patient in clinical notes Emeryville, California — Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., the biggest HMO in California and one of the biggest in the country, […]
July 31st, 2013
Kaiser Permanente Ineligible to Participate in Obamacare Insurance Exchange in California
Kaiser should be disqualified from exchange due to violations of state statutory requirements for mental health patients and other plan participants Kaiser disciplined a therapist for recommending timely follow-up for patient in clinical notes Emeryville, California — Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., the biggest HMO in California and one of the biggest in the country, […]
July 30th, 2013
BREAKING: Kaiser Permanente Ineligible to Participate in Obamacare Insurance Exchange in California Next Year
Kaiser disqualified from exchange due to violations of state statutory requirements for mental health patients and other plan participants What: Press conference on Kaiser’s failure to qualify for participation in insurance exchange Where: Kaiser Oakland, 3801 Howe St, Oakland, Emergency Services entrance When: Wednesday, July 31 at 12 noon Visuals: Healthcare workers at podium in front of hospital […]
July 26th, 2013
We won a great contract with no takeaways at Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital
I am happy to announce that the new NUHW contract at Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital has been ratified by both NUHW and the hospital’s Board of Directors. Our two year contract extension includes yearly wage increases and protections for our jobs and our rights as union members if our hospital is ever sold. Most […]