September 7th, 2023
Support Maui wildfire relief efforts
The NUHW Executive Board recently approved $5,000 to help wildfire relief efforts on Maui. Fortunately, NUHW members did not work out of the Lahaina Medical Office that was destroyed in the fire. Our steward in Maui volunteered at Red Cross shelters during the immediate aftermath of the fires. For anyone interested in donating to relief […]
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
August 2023 PULSE
In August, NUHW members secured Penalty Pay for payroll errors at Queen of the Valley Medical Center, won big raises at West Anaheim Medical Center, worked with management to reduce caseloads and improve access to mental health care for Kaiser patients in Northern California, continued their fight to make Kaiser provide adequate mental health care […]
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 […]