November 17th, 2014
Kaiser Permanente’s California mental health clinicians will hold press conference November 20
Psychologists, therapists, and social workers will call on Kaiser to immediately take action to fix its failing mental health services and will announce the results of a statewide strike authorization vote Kaiser found guilty of illegal delays and denials of care, falsifying records, violating mental health parity laws EMERYVILLE —Kaiser Permanente’s 2,500 California mental health clinicians — […]
November 11th, 2014
NUHW members support CNA-NNU Ebola strike
NUHW IBHS members walked picket lines with CNA-NNU members at Kaiser facilities throughout Northern California Tuesday, November 11, in support of the nurses’ strike over concerns about Ebola and patient and worker safety. The slideshow below features photographs from Kaiser Santa Rosa, Kaiser San Rafael, Kaiser Walnut Creek, and Kaiser Oakland. [slideshow_deploy id=’5747′]
November 8th, 2014
Record profits for Kaiser: 40% increase over last year
Once again, Kaiser Permanente’s profits are setting records. Today the HMO announced third quarter profits of $997 million and year-to-date profits of $3.1 billion, up 40% from last year’s record of $2.2 billion. Kaiser’s 2014 profit margin of 7.3% is a significant increase over last year’s record of 5.1%. Times aren’t looking so turbulent, are […]
October 25th, 2014
Kaiser is failing its mental healthcare patients
In his new Huffington Post blog, NUHW President Sal Rosselli shows that Kaiser Permanente continues to violate state and federal laws governing mental health care services. The HMO may have finally coughed up the $4 million fine levied by the California Department of Managed Health Care more than a year ago, but Kaiser continues to […]
October 22nd, 2014
NUHW members picket Kindred Hospital Westminster
More than 140 NUHW members at Kindred Hospital in Westminster (Orange County) picketed the hospital Tuesday, October 21, to protest declining standards for patient care and the hospital administration’s refusal to bargain in good faith with the union. Kindred Westminster caregivers are seeking a voice in hospital decisions regarding patient care, patient advocacy, staffing, and […]