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After hunger strike, Kaiser workers address Bernie Sanders/Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez rally

Now in their seventh month on strike, Kaiser mental health workers are continuing to escalate their fight for a fair contract and mental health parity at California’s largest HMO.

Caregivers to Picket Prime Healthcare’s West Anaheim Medical Center Tuesday seeking fair salaries to improve care and end rampant turnover

Frontline caregivers at Prime Healthcare’s West Anaheim Medical Center will hold a midday picket line on Tuesday, April 22 to inform community members how the hospital’s below market wages are ...

Kaiser Mental Health Care Strike: April 18, 2025

Everyone is welcomed to participate this Saturday in an 8-mile walk, completely organized by strikers, to further demonstrate our resolve to win a fair contract. So far, about three dozen ...

Kaiser Mental Health Care Strike: April 14, 2025

We had a great presence at Saturday’s Bernie Sanders / Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Fighting Oligarchy rally in Los Angeles. 

Kaiser Mental Health Care Strike: April 11, 2025

Our eight fellow workers ended their hunger strike this evening with colleagues and clergy by their side. Over the past five days, they have demonstrated their resolve to make Kaiser ...

Negotiations to resume next week in Kaiser Permanente mental health strike

Eight mental health workers will end their five-day hunger strike at 6 p.m. this evening outside the Kaiser Los Angeles Medical Center with clergy and supporters at their side.

Kaiser Mental Health Care Strike: April 8, 2025

Our hunger strikers are doing well after an exciting second day of their five-day action. The biggest highlight was a visit from Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine.

Kaiser Mental Health Care Strike: April 7, 2025

Eight workers began a 5-day hunger strike today outside Kaiser’s Los Angeles Medical Center. were joined throughout the day by fellow Kaiser workers, Kaiser patients, Los Angeles Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martinez, ...

Workers at Healdsburg Hospital vote overwhelmingly to join NUHW

NUHW represents workers at every Providence hospital in Northern California after 200 workers at Healdsburg Hospital voted to join our union.

Kaiser mental health professionals launch L.A. hunger strike

Fed up with Kaiser Permanente’s failure to address the needs of patients, mental health professionals will hold a five-day hunger strike beginning April 7.

Kaiser Mental Health Care Strike: April 2, 2025

We kicked off this week by symbolizing the silencing effect Kaiser’s broken mental health system has on our patients and communities. We know the system is fraught with bureaucracy because ...