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 […]
July 31st, 2015
NUHW members march for Medicare in Oakland, Los Angeles
NUHW members in Oakland and Los Angeles marched and rallied in honor of Medicare’s 50th anniversary on Thursday, July 30. See slideshow below. Speakers in Los Angeles included L.A. County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl, Dr. Paul Song (Courage Campaign, Campaign for Healthy California), Congresswoman Hilda Solis, musician Richard Montoya (Culture Clash), and actor Mike Farrell (MASH). Speakers […]
July 23rd, 2015
SF Nursing Center workers stage successful one-day strike over benefit cuts
NUHW members at San Francisco Nursing Center saw one hundred percent participation in their hugely successful one-day strike July 22. Nearly fifty healthcare workers picketed in front of the facility from 5 a.m. to 2 p.m., causing more than a bit of consternation for the nursing center’s new owners, San Diego-based Providence Group, Inc. See […]
July 21st, 2015
San Francisco Nursing Center caregivers strike over cuts to healthcare coverage
SFNC healthcare workers protest new owner’s unethical labor practices Community leaders will join fifty workers on picket line at Mission District’s long-term care facility on Wednesday, July 22 SAN FRANCISCO — Fifty NUHW-represented caregivers at San Francisco Nursing Center will strike for one day, Wednesday, July 22, and picket in front of the facility at 5767 […]