November 29th, 2022
News of the Month — November 2022
Some of these stories may require a subscription. The Petaluma Argus-Courier published a story about a 20-year-old Petaluman who has struggled all his life with anxiety, mania and depression, and who slashed his throat with a razor blade inside the Santa Rosa Kaiser ER after he failed to get a mental health appointment for weeks. […]
October 31st, 2022
Hawai’i Therapists Protest Kaiser Permanente Shortchanging Both Therapists and Hawai’i Patients
Kaiser recently agreed to improvements in patient care and compensation for therapists on the mainland, but insists on paying therapists in Hawai’i far less and refuses to boost service for patients in need. HONOLULU — Striking mental health therapists joined by community leaders will protest Mon. Oct. 31, at 11 a.m., outside Kaiser Permanente’s corporate […]
October 27th, 2022
October 2022 PULSE
In October, NUHW members in Northern California reached a settlement with Kaiser, ratified a new contract with Kindred in Orange County, and authorized a strike in Fountain Valley. You can read their stories below, get to know steward Claudia Duran, and see NUHW’s endorsements for the November election. You can find NUHW on Facebook, Twitter, […]
October 27th, 2022
Support grows for strikers in Hawai’i
Mental health therapists in Hawai’i have seen community and political support grow rapidly as their strike now enters its third month. While Kaiser Permanente recently settled a contract in Northern California to improve access to mental care, it is still insisting on wage freezes and cuts to retirement pensions in Hawai’i, even though this stance […]
October 26th, 2022
Northern California Kaiser therapists win major gains as strike concludes
After walking picket lines for more than two months, more than 2,000 NUHW-represented therapists employed by Kaiser Permanente in Northern California and the Central Valley won a contract that includes major gains for their patients and themselves. The therapists, who include psychologists, licensed clinical social workers, chemical dependency counselors and marriage and family therapists voted […]