April 2nd, 2015
NUHW members leaflet San Francisco event honoring Kaiser CEO’s “vision of healing”
The San Francisco Chronicle narrowly avoided an embarrassing mistake Tuesday night by not giving its first annual Visionary of the Year Award to Kaiser CEO Bernard Tyson. A winner among thirteen nominees was announced at a gala dinner March 31 at the city’s Fairmont Hotel. NUHW members distributed leaflets at the event to inform San Francisco’s elite […]
March 19th, 2015
Marin General imaging techs picket over hospital’s proposed cuts
Forty Marin General Hospital imaging technologists picketed the hospital Tuesday, March 17, to protest the hospital administration’s concessionary demands in bargaining with their union, Radiology Associates. Radiology Associates is affiliated with NUHW and represents Radiology, Cat Scan, MRI, and Ultrasound technologists at Marin General. Click here to read coverage by the Marinscope chain of weekly […]
March 17th, 2015
Radiology techs picket Marin General Hospital
SAN RAFAEL — Forty Marin General Hospital imaging technologists will picket the hospital from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. today to protest the hospital administration’s concessionary demands in bargaining with their union, Radiology Associates. Radiology Associates is affiliated with the National Union of Healthcare Workers and the California Nurses Association and represents Radiology, Cat Scan, […]
March 17th, 2015
NUHW Optical unit holds vote on Kaiser’s Final Offer
NUHW is conducting a vote March 24–30 to endorse the Optical Bargaining Committee’s decision to accept Kaiser’s Final Offer made during contract bargaining. Click here for voting dates, times, and locations.
March 2nd, 2015
Regulators slam Kaiser (again) for failures in mental health services
The California Department of Managed Health Care finally released its long-awaited follow-up survey of Kaiser Permanente’s mental health services, and once again it ain’t a pretty picture. The DMHC found that Kaiser has failed to correct two of the four problems the agency cited and fined Kaiser $4 million for in 2013. Kaiser not only […]