The SF Labor Council honored NUHW mental health workers for their 10-week strike that forced Kaiser to start making major improvements to its mental health services.
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Union engagement has helped therapist Jessica Rentz advocate for her coworkers and patients.
Sandra Leal-Lopez and her colleagues in Panorama City have been creative in fighting back against Kaiser’s cut to Patient Management Time and they’re gearing up to demand more from Kaiser in contract negotiations.
Workers are fighting for a contract that improves wages, preserves affordable health benefits, and addresses unsafe staffing.
In March, workers fought to restore birthing services at a Providence hospital in Petaluma, while Providence workers throughout the region prepared to bargain a single contract.
In a unanimous vote, the board expressed its opposition to Kaiser’s decision to reduce the amount of time therapists have to perform critical patient care duties.
The mental health specialist at Richmond Area Multi-Services wants to be a voice for her colleagues and her community as an NUHW steward.
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