December 19th, 2019
December 2019 Kaiser Strike: Day 4
Hundreds of NUHW members boarded buses to the Capitol Building in Sacramento and Kaiser Southern California headquarters in Pasadena for rallies Thursday that focused on holding Kaiser accountable for its violations of the California Mental Health Parity Act. We also picketed in Fresno. In Sacramento, we marched with a police escort from the Capitol Building […]
December 18th, 2019
December 2019 Kaiser Strike: Day 3
NUHW members expanded our picket lines to 10 locations Wednesday as our strike entered its third day. Despite rain in Northern California, we continued to have strong participation, augmented by community allies and Kaiser patients. See photos and videos below. You can also find more on our social media channels: Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. In Santa […]
December 18th, 2019
Patients and Clinicians Report Problems at Kaiser
The state agency that oversees Kaiser Permanente warned Kaiser on Tuesday that it must meet state standards for providing timely access to mental health care during this week’s strike. The Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) also invited anyone who had a mental health appointment inappropriately rescheduled this week to call the agency’s help-line at […]
December 18th, 2019
Mental health patients and providers file complaints about access to care
The state agency that oversees Kaiser Permanente warned Kaiser on Tuesday that it must meet state standards for providing timely access to mental health care during this week’s strike. The Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) also invited anyone who had a mental health appointment inappropriately rescheduled this week to call the agency’s help-line at […]
December 17th, 2019
December 2019 Kaiser Strike: Day 2
NUHW members streamed to rallies in Los Angeles and Oakland Tuesday in a powerful show of force to Kaiser. In Oakland, we marched more than a mile down Broadway, closing half of the thoroughfare, as we convened for a rally in front of Kaiser corporate headquarters. Meanwhile, hundreds more members, along with patients and community […]