April 24th, 2014
North Coast Journal: St. Joes Service Workers Vote Union
By Heidi Walters North Coast Journal Tuesday, April 22, 2014 Service workers at St. Joseph Hospital in Eureka have voted 149 to 74 to join the National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW), with 223 of the 227 eligible bargaining unit members voting. The ballots were counted Friday, April 18.The workers voting for representation include nursing […]
April 24th, 2014
Kaiser mental health clinicians hold one-day strike in Oakland
More than seventy-five Kaiser Permanente workers marched, picketed, chanted, and sang outside Oakland Medical Center Wednesday to call attention to deficiencies in Kaiser’s mental health services. Thirty-five Oakland adult services mental health clinicians — therapists, counselors, social workers, and psychologists — were joined by other clinicians, as well as nurses, building engineers, and patients […]
April 22nd, 2014
Kaiser Permanente’s Oakland clinicians launch strike to call to attention to mental health crisis
Cost-cutting and delayed access to care have resulted in severe hardships for Kaiser patients statewide, including several suicides EMERYVILLE — Clinicians at Kaiser Permanente’s Oakland Medical Center are launching a one-day strike April 23 to call attention to deficiencies in Kaiser’s mental health services that have led to severe hardships for patients and their families throughout […]
April 22nd, 2014
Kaiser Permanente’s Oakland clinicians launch strike to call to attention to mental health crisis
Cost-cutting and delayed access to care have resulted in severe hardships for Kaiser patients statewide, including several suicides Clinicians at Kaiser Permanente’s Oakland Medical Center are launching a one-day strike on Wednesday, April 23, to call attention to deficiencies in Kaiser’s mental health services that have led to severe hardships for patients and their families throughout […]
April 22nd, 2014
Open letter to Connie Wilson and Gay Westfall
As clinicians in the Oakland Kaiser Psychiatry Department, we are proud to be standing up for our patients. We are striking to hold Kaiser accountable to provide the quality care it promises in its Thrive marketing campaign, but rarely delivers. We are striking because: • We protest the recently implemented block intake system because it […]