October 21st, 2022
Safety issues, short staffing prompt strike authorization of 800 healthcare workers at Fountain Valley Regional Medical Center
After months of complaints to the California Department of Public Health about worsening conditions at the hospital and stalled contract negotiations with Tenet Health, owner of Fountain Valley Regional Hospital, healthcare workers have had enough (Oct, 21 Fountain Valley, Calif) – More than 800 registered nurses and healthcare professionals at Fountain Valley Regional Medical Center overwhelmingly […]
October 19th, 2022
NUHW, Kaiser reach agreement in California
Joint statement by the National Union of Healthcare Workers and Kaiser Permanente on having reached a tentative agreement to end the mental health care strike in Northern California: Kaiser Permanente and the National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) are pleased to jointly announce that in the early hours of Oct. 18, we reached a tentative agreement for […]
September 29th, 2022
September 2022 PULSE
In September, NUHW members in Northern California and Hawai’i continued their open-ended strike to make Kaiser fix its broken mental healthcare system, while Orange County members held an info picket at two Kindred hospitals. You can read their stories below, get to know steward Peggy Busher, and see NUHW’s endorsements for the November election. You […]
September 29th, 2022
August 2022 PULSE
In August, NUHW members in Northern California and Hawai’i launched an ongoing, open-ended strike to increase staffing and improve access to mental health care at Kaiser Permanente, won nearly $40,000 in back pay from Fountain Valley Regional Hospital, protested costly paycheck errors at Providence hospitals, and celebrated sizable raises from several employers. NUHW is now […]
September 29th, 2022
Kaiser mental health clinicians striking in Northern California and Hawai’i
More than 2,000 NUHW members in Northern California and Hawai’i have been on strike for the entire month of September to make Kaiser Permanente offer fair contracts that increase staffing and improve access to mental health care. The strike has captured national attention, shining a light on the nation’s largest non-profit HMO’s refusal to adequately […]