August 16th, 2022
Day 2: Kaiser mental health strike
We had strong, spirited picket lines again today in Oakland, Sacramento, Santa Rosa, Santa Clara, Fresno, and Modesto. News outlets were present at several locations. You can see photos below and the latest press coverage here and you can see NUHW’s full-page ad, which ran yesterday in Northern California’s larger newspapers, here. We’re going to […]
August 15th, 2022
Day 1: Kaiser mental health strike
Our strike got off to a great start today, with strong and spirited picket lines in San Francisco, San Jose, Fresno, and Sacramento. News media was out in force — television, radio, and print and web outlets covered the action and interviewed clinicians as well as patients. Kaiser officials refused to answer questions from reporters. […]
August 12th, 2022
Caregivers blow whistle on Providence for unpaid wages
On Tuesday, August 9, NUHW members at Providence hospitals across Northern California held a press conference about systemic payroll errors costing them and their colleagues thousands of dollars in lost wages over the past month. It received coverage in Becker’s Hospital Review, the Santa Rosa Press Democrat, the Eureka Times-Standard. Several TV and radio stations […]
August 2nd, 2022
More than 2,000 Kaiser Permanente mental health clinicians to start open-ended strike August 15
“We’re serving a strike notice because our patients aren’t receiving needed services.” Outraged that patients wait months for therapy sessions, 2,000 California therapists at the nation’s largest non-profit HMO will strike to persuade Kaiser Permanente to provide real parity for mental health care. Daily picket lines and rallies will be held outside Kaiser Facilities throughout […]
July 29th, 2022
Clinicians document Kaiser’s noncompliance with state law, prepare for strike
Earlier this month, NUHW-represented mental health clinicians at Kaiser Permanente in Northern California sounded the alarm over Kaiser’s noncompliance with California mental health access and parity laws SB 221 and SB 855. After years of advocacy and legislative and regulatory actions to compel Kaiser to address its broken mental health system, about 2,000 mental health […]