January 17th, 2022
Kaiser mental health therapists strike for racial justice on MLK Day
Refusing to let Kaiser pay lip service to racial justice while failing to provide culturally-responsive health care for communities of color, mental health clinicians at Kaiser Permanente’s Richmond and Oakland offices held a one-day strike on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Nearly 100 psychologists, social workers, addiction counselors and marriage and family therapists picketed outside […]
January 14th, 2022
Latinx leaders discuss Medicare for All
NUHW and Healthy California Now hosted an informative panel on achieving Medicare for All in California. Civil rights icon Dolores Huerta and other Latinx leaders from across the state discussed how barriers to health care have impacted Latinx and immigrant communities during the pandemic and how Medicare for All in California can eliminate the health […]
January 13th, 2022
Mental health therapists at Kaiser Permanente to strike on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Mental health therapists at Kaiser Permanente to strike on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Therapists are striking to protest Kaiser breaking its promise to make MLK Day a paid holiday in 2022 and to demand that Kaiser take action to provide culturally-responsive mental health care to communities of color All strike activity will take […]
January 6th, 2022
Kaiser Permanente workers to strike on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, after Kaiser breaks promise to make MLK Day a paid holiday
Hypocritical healthcare provider: Despite sponsoring The King Center’s official 2022 MLK Holiday Observance, employees are told to treat holiday like any other day. OAKLAND — On Monday, January 17, psychologists, social workers and therapists employed at Kaiser Permanente’s Oakland and Richmond California clinics will hold a one-day strike to protest Kaiser going back on its […]
December 30th, 2021
2021: Un Año de Victorias Legislativas y Laborales
Los miembros de NUHW – que han estado al frente de la peor crisis de salud en la historia moderna – consiguieron victorias legislativas y laborales importantes en 2021. En los últimos 12 meses, conseguimos una ley estatal de paridad en la salud mental, forzamos a los hospitales a mejorar las condiciones de trabajo y […]