With a strike by nearly 2,400 Kaiser mental health professionals in Southern California entering its second month Thursday, Kaiser therapists in Northern California will join their striking colleagues for simultaneous noontime rallies outside Kaiser corporate offices in Pasadena and Oakland.

We started Week 5 with new people on the picket lines and a strong showing in Los Angeles after Kaiser and the police blocked the distribution of food boxes on Friday.

Kaiser Permanente’s state-mandated contingency plan for providing timely and appropriate mental health care during an ongoing strike is woefully inadequate, without any detail for how it is providing critical mental health services for its 4.8 million Southern California members.

Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas signed a powerful letter on our behalf to Kaiser CEO Greg Adams; Kaiser blocked groceries from being delivered to striking workers; we shine light on Kaiser's "efficiencies"; and of course, there was guacamole.

In a powerful display of strength and solidarity, more than 100 of us from across Southern California — along with allies from other unions — stopped Kaiser from hosting a successful party for major healthcare purchasers last night at Petco Park in San Diego.

Our fourth week on strike began with energetic picket lines, a powerful action in Los Angeles and fresh interest from local media. Reporters from KNBC and Telemundo visited the Anaheim […]

Kaiser Permanente’s state-mandated contingency plan for providing timely and appropriate mental health care during an ongoing strike is woefully inadequate, without any detail for how it is providing critical mental health services for its 4.8 million Southern California members.

We are ending the third week of our strike with Kaiser under increasing pressure over how it's treating patients seeking care.

We started the third week of our strike with good energy on the picket lines and strong interest from media and state authorities about Kaiser’s inadequate and incomplete plan to continue providing critical mental health services.

Kaiser Permanente’s state-mandated contingency plan for providing timely and appropriate mental health care during an ongoing strike is woefully inadequate, without any detail for how it is providing critical mental health services for its 4.8 million Southern California members.

We wrapped up an energetic second week on the picket line with a couple of special guests. At Los Angeles Medical Center, the band Ozomatli performed on the picket line! […]

With our picket lines now starting at 8 a.m., we got a little more sleep and had a little extra energy out on the lines. At LAMC, we got an extra boost from a visit by Congressman Jimmy Gomez and members of Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice (CLUE).

It took a strike and months of organizing and agitation but NUHW members at AHMC Seton Medical Center and Seton Coastside won a contract that provides strong raises restores quality healthcare benefits.

Telecommunications Analyst at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland strives to make collective change in the workplace.

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After everyone came out to an informational picket, caregivers won a strong contract with good raises, more paid time off and better health benefits.

Sal accepted the Jim Preis Memorial Award on behalf of NUHW members on the front lines advocating to improve access to behavioral health care.

The strike began on October 21 and will continue throughout Southern California until Kaiser reaches a fair agreement that benefits workers and patients.

We had one of the biggest turnouts for bargaining today in recent memory. More than 50 of us participated in contract negotiations to show that we’re united and determined to win a fair contract that benefits us and Kaiser patients. 

After an unproductive bargaining session Wednesday, Kaiser Permanente’s nearly 2,400 mental health professionals will return to picket lines today, including the first picket line in Bakersfield since the strike began on Monday.