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
JULY 2022 PULSE
In July, NUHW members spread the word about SB 221 and took action to compel Kaiser to comply with the new law, won raises and market adjustments at USC and Queen of the Valley, and participated in a sticker-up at Mission Neighborhood Health Center. Check out these stories below, and get to know NUHW steward […]
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 […]
July 28th, 2022
Now it’s monkeypox putting healthcare workers at risk
They need training, tools, and support to protect patients, themselves, and communities from the virus by Sal Rosselli As a leader of a healthcare union in San Francisco in the 1980s when the AIDS virus was on the rise, it was part of my job to sound the alarm and call for a stronger response […]
July 28th, 2022
Members at Mission Neighborhood Health Center show solidarity during contract bargaining
Medical assistants, pharmacy techs, clerical, and support staff who provide care to low-income families at Mission Neighborhood Health Center in San Francisco are bargaining their fourth contract since joining NUHW in 2012. Last week members wore NUHW shirts in the workplace to demonstrate their commitment to winning a contract that guarantees better staffing provisions and […]